This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world's books discoverable online. It has survived long enough for the copyright to expire and the book to enter the public domain. A public domain book is one that was never subject to copyright or whose legal copyright term has expired. Whether a book is in the public domain may vary country to country. Public domain books are our gateways to the past, representing a wealth of history, culture and knowledge that's often difficult to discover. Marks, notations and other marginalia present in the original volume will appear in this file - a reminder of this book's long journey from the publisher to a library and finally to you. Usage guidelines Google is proud to partner with libraries to digitize public domain materials and make them widely accessible. Public domain books belong to the public and we are merely their custodians. Nevertheless, this work is expensive, so in order to keep providing this resource, we have taken steps to prevent abuse by commercial parties, including placing technical restrictions on automated querying. We also ask that you: + Make non-commercial use of the files We designed Google Book Search for use by individuals, and we request that you use these files for personal, non-commercial purposes. + Refrain from automated querying Do not send automated queries of any sort to Google's system: If you are conducting research on machine translation, optical character recognition or other areas where access to a large amount of text is helpful, please contact us. We encourage the use of public domain materials for these purposes and may be able to help. + Maintain attribution The Google "watermark" you see on each file is essential for informing people about this project and helping them find additional materials through Google Book Search. Please do not remove it. + Keep it legal Whatever your use, remember that you are responsible for ensuring that what you are doing is legal. Do not assume that just because we believe a book is in the public domain for users in the United States, that the work is also in the public domain for users in other countries. Whether a book is still in copyright varies from country to country, and we can't offer guidance on whether any specific use of any specific book is allowed. Please do not assume that a book's appearance in Google Book Search means it can be used in any manner anywhere in the world. Copyright infringement liability can be quite severe. About Google Book Search Google's mission is to organize the world's information and to make it universally accessible and useful. Google Book Search helps readers discover the world's books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences. You can search through the full text of this book on the web at |http : //books . google . com/ NON-CIRCULATING ^IWEH* 5- 1v^ "^ ' t THE NASH FAMILY; OR RECORDS OF THE DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS NASH OP NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, 1640. ^KTEHrsro^ I84to official titles of a minor grade, but it should be kept in mind that 2* 10 INTftODVCTION. these titles were uniformly given in those early times, besides that they often serve to distinguish between contemporaries of similar name. In respect to the plan and arrangement of the work, a word or two of explanation may be requisite, as it differs in some respects from any the Compiler has hitherto seen. A biographical sketch of those who had issue, so. far as the mate- rials could be obtained, immediately precedes the births of their chil- dren, which are given in a compact tabular form, followed by what- ever has been ascertained, in the way of historical notes, concerning such of those children as, having no issue, are not again mentioned in the work. The births of each generation are given entire, according to the order of seniority in the several branches, so that the work is prop- erly divided into Generations and BrancheSj in which the history of the parents and of those children who did not live to adult age, or, if so living, did not have children, is given in connection. Females that have married out of the name have, generally, been followed no farther than the marriage and settlement of their chil- dren, whose names are printed in what is termed lower case, or smaU letters, while those of the name Nash are in small capitals. The division into branches has been adopted with a view to per- spicuity. The first or main division is into Elder and Younger Branches. Major John Nash of New Haven, the eldest son of the emigrant, having no son to perpetuate the name, all the subsequent generations are derived from the two younger sons, Joseph and Timothy. Joseph, being the elder of the two, his descendants are called the Elder Branch, And as they were not numerous, nor much scattered, they are not subdivided. Timothy, being the youngest child of the emigrant, his descendants are called the Younger Branch, and being numerous and early dis- persed, they are subdivided, and named after the place of la^t or longest residence of the Head of the branch. The names have two numbers prefixed. The first general, in Arabic or common figures, and the other, of the births in each family, in Roman letters; both of which numbers are given again in paren- theses, as a caption to the biographical notice of such as had issue. And as these caption numbers follow the order of the primary num- bering, the biographical notices can be readily found in their order INTRODUCTION. 11 By the same means a line maj be traced backward. Let one of the seventh generation, for example, find his own name by the in- dex. Then observing the branch, and the two caption numbers, let him turn to the same branch in the next preceding generation, and where the two numbers correspond, the birth of his parent will be found. So on backward to the emigrant. There is a third numbering in the few cases where more than two of the same Christian name occur in immediate succession. This is in Roman letters and follows the name. Thus, Thomas III. Daniel IV. &c. In regard to orthography, the original or family records have gen- erally been followed, though in some instances it has led to variation in spelling the same name. It was thought best to adhere to the copy, and leave the reader to judge of the correctness. Single figures in -parenthesis, thus (1) (2) (3) (4) indicate the dif- ferent marriages of the same individual, thus enclosed to distinguish them from figures used for other purposes. In the same manner, the letters^ indicating the different denomina- tions of Christians, are embraced in parentheses. Thus, (B) for Baptist, (C) for Congregational, (E) for Episcopal and (M) for Methodist. S. N. Essex, December, 1852. A few other Abbreviations are used for words of most frequent occurrence. As b. for bom, bap. for baptized, d. for died, m. for married, unm. for unmarried. THOMAS NASH OF NEW HAVEN, CONN 1640. On the 26 July, 1637, from the Ship Hector and another not named, a company landed at Boston, Mass. formed principally by Merchants of London, whose wealth and standing at home enabled them to come out under more favourable auspices than any company that had hitherto sought these shores. They were accompanied by the Rev. John Davenport as their Pas- tor, and are supposed to have been mostly members of his Church and Congregation in (Coleman St.) London. The Leaders were men of good practical understanding, and had probably provided for the anticipated wants of an infant Colony, by bringing with them men skilled in such arts as were likely to be most needed. In that company, as is supposed, came Thomas Nash,* with a wife and ^ye children. He was by occupation a gunsmith, a trade which • Mr. Judd writes, that in the " Massachusetts Historical Collections, Vol. 1, 4th Series, 1852, there are papers relating to Rev. John Robinson at Leyden, Holland, and his congregation, part of whom were the first settlers at Plymouth, 1620. Of those who remained behind, some came to New England afterwards, and some probably did not. Nov. 30, 1625, five of those at Leyden address- ed a letter to their brethren at Plymouth, and signed it as brethren in the Lord, The names of the five were Francis Jessop, Thomas Nash, Thomas Blossom, Roger White, Richard Maisterton. Blossom after this came to Plymouth. I know not what became of the others. It is possible that Thomas Nash found his way back to England, and came over with the New Haven settlers some years after." It seems not only possible , but not improbable that he either did so, or that he might have come to Plymouth previously and joined the Quinipiac company while they sojourned in Mass. as we know they did several months. If this was the same Thomas Nash, then there is a probability that his young- est son Timothy may have been born in Holland in 1626.— Comjp. ^14 THOMAS NASH admitted of an easy transition to that of blacksmtthy thus rendering him doubly useful to a people whose situation required that both arms and instruments of husbandry should be kept in repair. The people of Massachusetts Bay were solicitous that this com- pany should choose a location within their limits, and made very ad- vantageous offers to induce them to do so. But, being resolved to plant a new colony, they, in the fall of that year, sent out Mr. Eaton and others of their company to explore. Tliis Committee selected a place called Quinipiac, (now New Haven,) then owned by a small tribe of Indians, whose principal chief was Momauguin. In March, 1638, the whole company sailed from Boston, and, in about a fortnight, landed at Quinipiac. In November following they entered into an agreement with Momauguin and his counsellors, for the purchase of the lands. They appear not to have been in haste to settle the form of gov- ernment, but spent the first sunmier and winter, in erecting the nec- essary buildings, laying out their lands, and in other respects, prepar- ing for a permanent residence. In the summer following, viz. on the 4 June, 1639, they met together in Mr. Newman's bam, (that probably having the largest open area of any building yet erected,) and, aft«r solemn religious exercises, drew up what they termed a "Fundamental agreement," for the regulation of the civil and religious affairs of the Colony.* This instrument was signed on the spot by sixty-three individuals. It appears then to have been copied, names and all, into the Book of • The alleged early Resolve of the New Haven Colonists " to adopt the law of Ood until they should have time to make a better" has been the subject of much merriment, and many have been the sneers at the absurdity of it. And the thing has been often repeated as an actual matter of record. The following extract probably constitutes the passage which gave rise to the story. " Att a Gen'" Court held att Newhaven the 2d of March 1641." In the decision of a perplexing case, the Court laid it down as a principle. ** According to the fundamental agreemt made and published by the full and gen'" consent when the plantation begaii and government was settled, — thatt thejvdiciall Law of God, given by Moses, and expounded in other parts of Scrip* ture, so far as itt is a hedg and a fence to the Morall Law, and neither ceremonial nor typical, nor had any reference to Canaan, hath an everlasting equity in itt, and should be the rule of their proceedings" Colony Records, Vol. 1, page 32. Is there any thing to sneer at in this ? On the contrary, was it not a glorious fundamental principle 7 It had been well for other states if they had built on 8o wise a foundation. AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 15 Records, and afterwards to have been signed hy forty-eight others in the Book. These are called after subscribers, and were probably added within the year, perhaps within a few weeks. Thomas Nash's name is the third of these after-subscribers, whence some hav^ supposed that he was not an original member of the com- pany. But this circumstance admits of another solution. It is known, that subsequently to the arrival of the original com- pany, another company joined them, made up of emigrants from Kent and Surry, in the vicinity of London, who, like Mr. Daven- port's people, came with their pastor, the Rev. Mr. Whitfield, to take up their abode in the new world. These, with, perhaps, some of the original settlers, made up a company to form a new settlement at Guilford. Their " Compact" was drawn up and signed in New Haven, on the 1st of June, four days before the meeting at Mr. Newman's bam. On this document, it is said, the name of Thomas Nash appears. Now considering his vocation as a Smith, and the universal necessity for the services of such a one in a new settle- ment, it admits, at least, of a plausible conjecture, that he had been induced to join the new company. And this conjecture is strength- ened by the fact mentioned by Barber,* that the Planters of Guilford had "not one Blacksmith among them," and that, "it was with great cost the Town obtained one to live among them." From this it will not appear strange, that the planters going to Guilford, should have endeavored to induce him to go with them, or that the parent Colony, being the largest, and having the prior claim, should have interfered and prevented his going. If he had signed the Guilford compact, it accounts for his not being among the first to sign the other, only four days afterwards. Be this as it may, we owe to this circumstance the preservation of his autograph, of which we here give a fac simile.f The afler-flubscribeni signed in the book, into which the original document with the names of the first signers had been copied. This book is yet extant, while the document itself is lost, and thus the autographs of those after-subscribers are preserved. •Hist. Col. Ct. t In that day tlie h, (and in this case the t also) was made with a downward stroke like the present y oth inverted. 16 THOMA8 NASH It is said also, that the name^on the Guilford compact is spelled with an t, Naish. But it is not so spelled on the ^' Fundamental agreement/' nor have any of his posterity so written it. Whence he came is not positively ascertained. One of the fourth generation, is reported to have said he had always understood that his Ancestor came from Ireland. The prevailing tradition, however, is that he was from Lancaster or Lancashire in England. This is the tradition among the descendants of Thomas Nash of Hatfield, Mass. grandson of the original emigrant. Also among the descend- ants of John Nash of Hadley, another grandson. And it is so stated in the Mss. of ithe Rev. Daniel Nash of Otsego Co. N. Y. of the 5th generation. And it is worthy of notice that there has been little or no communication between this and the other two branches for more than 100 years. This tradition is sustained by the note from the genealogy of the " Baker Family," (to which reference will here- after be made,) concerning his marriage, and is probably correct. There is reason to believe that he was considerably advanced in years when he came to this country, as his children were all bom in England, (or at least before he emigrated,) and his eldest son, John, was of sufficient age to receive the charge {path) of a freeman in April, 1642. In his will, made in 1657, he expressly mentions his old age. He is generally mentioned, in the Records, in an affectionate way, as Brother Nash, and was occasionally appointed to those public duties which were congenial with declining years. The following extract from the Record of a General Court held the 25 May, 1646, seems to imply age or infirmity. " In regard of severall occa- sions and works to be done against trayning day. Brother Nash is spared." The first positive date attached to his name is " 1st of 7th monetfa (Sept.) 1640. Mr. Lamberton and Thomas Nash were admitted members of the Gen" Court and received theffreemans charge," {oath,) The following extract from the Records of a General Court, held 19 May, 1651, indicates his vocation. "It is ordered that Thomas Nash shall keepe the Towne Muskitts in his hands, and look to them well, that they be always in good order fitt for service, and the Towne to allow him what is Just for his care and pains."* There is no mention of his wife except in the seating of the Meet' * In a schedule of Town property the mutkitts are 16 in the hands of Thorn* as Nash, and 3 in the hands of Lieut. John Nash. rnoHKB NAsa* If ing^Houny and then her Christian nftAie is tioi ^ven* But fixm a Record of the Baker Family, fottnd in the Briii»h Museum} it ia highly probahle that her name was Margery and that she was ihm danghter of Nicholas Baker of Hertfordshire, England** The last time she is mentioned is in the seating of 11 Feb. 1656* ^Jsi J* Bhort seate Qoodw: Nash y Elder and Rogger Aliens wife,'* {Mtb. Allen teas Thomas 2faeh*$ daughter.) What is peculiar M this seating, is, that Thomas Nash himself is not mentioned in it at in previous seatings, which renders it probable that by reason of some infirmity, he was no longer able to attend Church. And yet he must have outlived his wife, for he does not mention her in his will mad^ in 1657.t His home-lot, as shewn by an old map, of which a copy of the secr tion here given was kindly furnished by Jonathan Law, Esf. of Cheshire, Conn, was on the west side of State Street, about one-third of the distance from Chapel to Elm Street. CHVBOH STREET. H H H CD No. 7, No. 9. Matthew Gilbert, No. 8, An Elder, 2 acres. Mr. Rowe, 2 acres. #iacre. No, 10, Jasper Crane, No. 6, Thomas Kimberly, 1| acres. 1 acre. No. 5, John Chapman, 1 acre. No. 3, Thomas Nash, No. 2, Richard Malbon, 5lo. 1, Mr. Davenport, No. 4, 2| acres. John Benham, 1| acres. 2 acres. 1 acre. STATE 8TBEET. ' See Appendix A. 3 t See Appendix B. 18 SECOND GENERATION. Mr. Law remarks that ^'his north line must have ran about where Ck>art Street now is ; west, where Orange Temple now near its North Westerly comer." In the map of New Haven, as it was in 1748, lately published, his lot seems to be included within lot No. 20, next to lot No. 21, there said to have been originally the home-lot of his son Major John Nash. The records prove that he lived in Mr. Davenport's quarter, and this old map is probably correct. 1. Mr. Thomas Nash died 12 May, 1658. 2. Mrs. Margery Nash's death is not recorded, but must have been between 11 Feb. 1655 and 1 Aug. 1657. The following order of births of children is but conjectural. It is according to the order of their marriage and birth of their first chil- dren. Children, 5 I Mast, The wUb of Roger AUen^ or AUing. 4 n Jomr, GaUed Captain and Bfajor John NaUi. 6 m Sarah, The wlft of Robert Talmage. 6 IV JosvH, OfeUed Sergeant Joseph Nash, of Hartffwd. 7 V Taonrr, bom 1826. Called lieat. Ttanothj Naah, of Hadl^j, llaM. DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS NASH, THIRD GENEBATION. (8-1.) Mart Nash, daughter of Thomaa Nash, the emigrant, b. in Eng- land, was m. to Boger Allen or Ailing^ of*New Haven. The date is not ascertained, but it must have been in the beginning of 1643, for her fffst child was bap. 26 Nov. 1643, and jet Thomas Nash's family contained seven persons in the early part of that year, which was all he had, viz. himself, wife and five children. Mary must therefore have been at home, a member of her father's family, when that census was taken. Childnn. 8 I Mazy, \mip. 26 Not. 1648. 9n Bunnel, " 4 Nor. 1646. 10 m John, '< 2 0et. 1647. IIIV SanA, 't 12NOT.1640. 12 V BUaOMth, not iworded. 18 VI Sunxuuh, " " 14 vn Jam«0, bom 24 June, 1667. Of the above children, the three boos are named in Bradley's list as proprie- tors in 1685. John was twelve times elected as a member for New Haven, of the Legislature of Connecticut. The two daughters not recorded, were not named in the nuncupative will of the father, who died in 1674. But they were named as children in the will of the mother at a later date, and they are placed, by conjecture, before the birth of James, in consideration of the difference be- tween his birth and the baptism of Sarah. Rogeir Ailing, Deacon of y Church of Christ in New Haven, dyed y* 27th of Sept. 1674. Mrs. Mary Allen or AUing died^l6 Aug. 1683. MAJOR JOHN NASH, OP NEW HAVEN. (4-n.) John Nash, eldest son of Thomas Nash, the emigrant, called Cap- tain and Major John Nash, of New Haven, was bred to his father's trade, which, as we have seen, was that of a gunsmith. For in a 20 THIRD GENERATION. trial concerning the sale of adefectiTe musket, 3 Dec. 1645, it was proven that when he repaired it before it was sold, he told the owner that it was not worth three pence. The defendant's excuse for after- ward selling it, regardless of this opinion, was that ^^ smiths do not affect old gunnes" But he probably did not continue in the busineas, for he was much occupied in public affairs, and the inventory of his property after his death, contains nothing relating to it. He must have been nearly of adult age when his father came to New Haven, as he was admitted a freeman on the 6 April, 1642, and chosen corporal the same day. In the military line he was gradually promoted to the highest ^ce, and continued to serve through life, though sometimes elected against his own inclination, strongly expressed. He was chosen ser- geant 1 July, 1644, — was called sergeant of artillery in March^ 1645, and again in 1648. On the 7 June, 1652, Lieut Francis Newman wished to resign, ** whereupon he was freed, and his ser- geant, John Nash, was chosen lieutenant for the ordering of the mili- tary affairs of the towne of New Haven." (It is obvious from this that there was then no higher office.) In the beginning of 1654, having been chosen towne treasurer and deputy to the Particular Court, "^ Lieutenant John Nash propounded to be released from his place as lieutenant, but nothing was done in it" Shortly after he renewed his petition, "but the towne was not willing but desired him to continue." On the 9 May, 1664, he was chosen Captain, as the record states, ** mtuih against his wish." The union of the colony of New Haven with that of Connecticut W4^ consummated 11 May, 1665. At a special session of the O^ieral Assembly of Connecticut, (called in consequence of a proc- lamation of war between England and Holland,) which was held at Hartford, 6 July the same year, his commission as " Captain of the Train Band at New Haven," was confirmed by authority of the state, and he was appointed on a conmiittee, with ^Ye others, to superintend preparations for the defense of the coast between Stratford and Guil- ford, and to issue orders for " aid and reUef of any plantation in cases of unexpected invasion or other emergency." He was the chiefmili- tary officer of New Haven during the Narragansett difficulties, and 1^ " a court of election held at Hartford, May 10th, 1683, Capt John Nash is chosen Sarj*-major for the county of New Haven, and is to be commissioned accordingly." UAJORtiOBN NASH. 21 TluB oSloBj whatever it was, placed him at the head of militaij affairs for that coiintj. ^ la civil affiurs he waa almost oonstantlj employed. He was chosen one of the deputies to the particular tawne court in 1653, to which that of taume trecuurer was added the next year. (It was then that he asked leave, as before stated, to resign his military office, which was not granted.) He was annually elected to this office of deputy for many years, and in 1659, was also chosen one of the deputies to atn^ jurisdiction court. This multiplication of offices was not accord- ing to his taste, and when proposed as deputy to the ^ toume court,* in May, 1661, '^ before the choyce of deputies for y* towne court of New Haven, Lieutenant Nash desired that it might be considered, that he had been in the military employment ahnost twenty years, and seven or eight years a deputy in y* court He therefore againe desired that he might be left out in this present charge," for the rea- son before given, viz. '^ that the occasions of his family did not admit of his accepting." This address did not produce the desired effect, for he was chosen nevertheless. In 1662, he was left out of town offices, but himself and William Gibbard were propounded as magistrates ; '^ whereupon Lieutenant . Nash said that he had weighty reasons to allege why he could not accept it with a good conscience." He then desired the court to ap- point two faithful men to hear his reasons. '^ To make choyce of any to hear what Lieutenant Nash had to say, the court proceeded not, but desired them both to consider it and take advice." After con- sideration Lieutenant Nash still objected. But he evidently became a magistrate eventually, as several marriages were performed by him, and, among them, that of his own daughter, Mrs. Paine. In 1 663, he was again chosen deputy to both courts. '^ Then Lieu- tenant Nash expressed himself troubled and said, that though he woulu not say he would not stand to the election, yet he should de- clare himselfe, that he would take what liberty the law did give him in not attending to the military affairs." This resolution, it seems, he carried into effect, for in June the same year, the record states, ^^ the towne shewed distress at Lieutenant Nash's disposition to avoid the military." About this time, viz. 20 April, 1662, the Charter of Connecti- cut was granted by King Charles U. which was found to include the colony at New Haven ; and, after much difficulty and contention, a union was finally consented to on the part of New Haven. The Secretary of Connecticut having sent to New Haven a requisition 3* JkS THtRB OBNBRAttON. * to choose one or two of their atiest men to attend the General Assembly, or Court of Election, to be held at Hartford. The towne, im the 1 Majy 1665, chose Capt Nash and Mr. James Bishop." They accepted their places "of the earnest desire of the ffre^nen, only Capt Nash declared that he should only accept it^until the General Assembly in October next, when the towne might be other- wise provided for.*' The Assembly met on the 11 May, and was the first after the union, or that in which the union was in fact consum- mated. On the 22 May, Capt. Nash declared in brief to the town court at New Haven, what was done at the General Assembly. At the special session held on the 6 July following, he was desired to attend, but declined, and another was chosen. He was ichos^i again in 1667, but declined going. In 1668, he and James Bishop were chosen again, and seem to have accepted, but it is un- certain whether he attended* In May, 1672, he w^' elected an Assistant, to which office he was annually re-elected to the year of his death, 1687.* In April, 1771, he was chosen as third man, or provisional deputy to the General Assembly, and, at the same meeting, as one of the townsmen or ielectmen for New Haven. To the latter office he was re-elected ftom year to year; and in April, 1674, the office of recorder was added, and he held both offices until 1678, when, at his own request, he was freed from the office of townsman, on account of his duties as recorder. To the latter office he was annually re-elected until his death ; occasionally serving in some special capacity as auditor or agent for Indian affiurs. His last signature as recorder is to an in- strument dated 26 April, 1687. He died three months afterward. 1/ {fat tmilt.) f • The foUowmg note Was communicated by Mr. J. H. Trumbull, of the Stnte Office, Connectiottt. <* The Assistants, under the charter, took the place of the Magistrates under the original compact of 1639. They were annually elected by the people, to anUt the Governor in the discharge of his duties, executive and judicial. In their relation to the deputies, they filled the place of our mod- ern Senate or Upper House. Their Courts, * Courts of Assistants,' held quar- terly, were OourU of Appeal from the County and inferior Courts, and, indi- vidually, they exercised judicial functions in their several counties and planta- tions, superior to the Commissioners, (or Justices of the Peace,) and, in con- junction with two or more of the latter, held courts for the trial of small causes, in the several plantations." MAIOR JOHN NA8H. . 28 The following extract from the early records, shews the spirit of the man when he was comparatively young, ai\d in truth, of the race generally, who are somewhat noted for a fearless declaration of their thoughts. ^ 7 March, 1647. John Nash being warned to the court for not paying his rates, answered that he knew none due from him till the land was entered in the towne booke, and that they might take their course, but was reproved fdr s6, saying, it being a thing uncomely for him to saye so." It is evident that he was a man highly esteemed for integrity and sound judgment, — ^that he never coveted office, but faithfully served his country from a sense of duty. As he had no son, the name, in his branch, ceased with the mar- rii^ of his daughters. There is no record of his marriage, but as, in his will, he makes allusion to a legacy left to his daughters, by their grandfather Tapp, it is supposed that his wife was the daughter of Edmund Tapp, Esq. of Milford, Conn. The inventory of his estate amounted to £664 13«. which was a respectable estate for those days. In the map of New Haven as it was in 1748, lately published, lot No. 21 on State Street, containing two acres, is said to have been originally the home-lot of John Nash. ^* Major John Nash dyed Sabbath day morning the third day of July, 1687." 'ec. 1690. The records of Bran-ford, Ct. show that Philip Paine had a lot of three or four acres granted him by the town in 1678, and had a cattle mark entered there, 25 May, 1680. This includes the date of his m. but whether he resided in Branford is uncertain. (18— IV.) Hannah Nash, youngest dau. of Major John Nash of New Haven, b. 24 July, 1655, was m. (1) by Wm. Leet, Esq. 13 Feb. 1673, to Miphalet Ball of New Haven, who d. childless, 11 July, 1673. She remained a widow until 2 April, 1689, when she was m. (2) by Mr. James Bishop, to Thomas Trowbridge, Sen. by whom she had one dau. viz. 48 I Hannah, bom Sabbath day yo 80 Mareh, 1680, m. Joupk WMHng. NBW HAVEN BRANCH. 31 Mr. Thomas Trowbridge had already several children by a former marriage. He was a wealthy merchant, and left a large estate. Thomas Trowbridge, Esq. d. 22 Aug. 1 702. " Mrs. Hannah Trowbridge, widow, Relict of Thomas Trowbridge, Esq. deceased 3 Feb. 170|." A communication from the Rev. W. S. Porter, states that the dau. " Hannah Trowbridge m, in 1710, Joseph Whiting, son of Rev. John Whiting of Hart- ford, and grandson of Wm. Whitiqg, a distinguished merchant who d. in Lon- don, . Joseph Whiting lived in New Haven, a very distinguished man, a member and Clerk of the House of Representatives, four Sessions, and As- sistant twenty-one years, from 1725 to 1746. He and his wife both died in 1748. They had nine Children^ 1. Hannah, m, Hon, Jared Ingersol, 2 Mdry, m. Stephen Ailing, 3 Elizabetht m. Rev. Chauncey Whittlesey, 4 John, a Tutor in Yale College, 5 Phebe, m, Enos Ailing, 6 Joseph, 7 Sarah, m. Daniel Lyman, 8 James, 9 Elisha, a Physi- cian in Milford." According to our plan of following the female Branches no farther than the b. and marriage of their children, here ends the line of Major John Nash of New Haven. DESCENDANTS OP .THOMAS NASH. FOURTH GENERATION. ELDER BRANCH. \ IN THE UNE OF BJSRJBiJTT JOSEPH NASH OF HARTFORD, CT. , (25—1.) John Nash, of Bronford, Ct. son of Serjeant Joseph Nash of Hart- ford. It has been already suggested that although Serjeant Joseph Nash named no son in his will, he probably had a son living at the time and a daughter, or daughters, other than the ordy daughter Sarah, named in the wilL It is certain that he had a son John, b. in New Haven, 12 July, 1650, and a dau. Hamiah, b. 21 Jan. 165^. No record has been found of the deaths of these children, and Serjeant Joseph Nash himself alluded to other daughters, besides Sarah, in his Will. There is no other known record of birth or emigration that will account for the appearance of John Nash at Branford in 1677. This John Nash d. in 1682, leaving three young children. Sup- posing him to have been the son of Joseph Nash, he was then thirty- two years old, about the right age to have just such a family. The names of his sons were Joseph and Thomas. On the above suppo- sition one was named after his grandfather, and the other after his great-grandfather, the Emigrant And these two names have been continued in that line for many generations. The Records of Bran- ford, moreover, mention Joseph Nash as one having occasional busi- ness there. These circumstances combined, leave, at least on the Compiler's mind, the impression that the relatives of Joseph Nash's first wife, probably resided in that region, and that when their mother died these children had b^n taken by those relatives and did not return to their father after his (2) m. We shall, therefore, proceed on the supposition that John Nash ELDER OB FAIRFIELD BRANCH. 33 of Branford, Ct. was the son of Serjeant Joseph Nash of Hartford, b. in New Haven, 12 July, 1650. He m. 22 Aug. 1677, Elizabeth Howd^ Widow of Anthony Howd of Branford. She had had three children by her first husband, viz. John, b. 1673, Anthony, b. 1674, Benoni, b. 1676. Children of Joha and Elizabeth Nash. 44 I JOSBPH, bom 1 Aug. 1678, d. num. in Fairfield, Ct. 46 n Thomas, " 28 Jan. 1679^80, Settled in Faiifleld, Ct. «46 m SuzABZTH, bom 16 April, 1681, m. Stephen Foote. Mr. John Nash d. 1682. The inventory of his estate amcmnted to 132je, 9i. 9d. It contained a list of lasts and other shoemaker's, tools, with a goodly array of jiousehold stuff. He was probably a Shoemaker. Joseph the eldest child d. without issue. Nothing is known of him subse- quent to his birth, until after his death, which took place in Fairfield, Ct. in 1702. He d. intestate. "When he went to Fairfield, does not appear, but it is probable that he and his brother Thomas went together. His inventory was taken 2 April, and was presented for Probate, 22 April, 1702, by Thomas Nash, to whom Administration was granted. The amount of his estate was but 24J&, 4t. 2d. and among the articles appraised were lasts and other shoemaker's tools, whence it appears he follQwed the vocation of his father. (28— IV.) Sarah Nash, dau. of Seijeant Joseph Nash of Hartford, Ct. birth not recorded, was m. (as is supposed) about 1679 to UToah Cook, of Northampton, Mass. b. 14 June, 1657, — ^son of Capt. Aaron Cook of N and his (2) wife Joanna, dau. of Nicholas Denslow. No direct record of her marriage has been found, but Nathaniel Groodwin, Esq. who has examined the Hartford records with great care and perseverance, found evidence arising from titles and boundaries of lands, and other circumstances, of so convincing a character as to leave scarcely a doubt of the fact on his mind. As additional proof, Mrs. Sarah Wright of Northampton, (maiden name Cook) — ^great-grand-daughter of iVoaA and Sarah Cook,h. 1755, in conversation with Mr. Judd, many years since, gave it as her im- pression that her great-grandmother was Sarah Nash. Mr. Judd remarks, " I have very little doubt that Sarah Cook was ^our only daughtefi^ Sarah Nash, yet I would not positively affirm this. All the circumstances favour this opinion, at least none contradict it. I think the name of the oldest son, Joseph, cam% from Joseph Nash. There was no Joseph in the Cook family before. Noah Cook died 1699, leaving an estate of £1,101, which was large for those days. 4V 34 FOURTH GENERATION. > Of this estate, 300£ was in housing and lands in Hartford and Weth- ersjield, chiefly in Hartford I conclude." Mr. Noah Cook died in Northampton, 1 June, 1699. Children, 47 I Joseph, bom about 1680, settled in Hajrtford, d. 1 Nov. 1747. 48 n Sarah, " " m. Isaac MerriU of Hartford. * 49 m Elizabeth, " " 1685, m. John Clark, jr. of Northampton. 60 IV Mary, " 12 March, 1686-7, m. Nathaniel Strong, 1718. 61 y Noah, ' " 1688, raised a famUy in Northampton. 62 VI Miriam, " 30 Sept. 1690, m. (1) Abraham Kellogg. (2) Danul Webster. . 63 Vn Bliakim, % 6 May, 1693, Uved in Bast Windsor, where he d. 64 vm Esther, " 21 May, 1696, m. Stephen Wright of Northampton. 66 IX Aaron, " 3 Oct. ' 1697, d. nnm. in Hartford, 1720. All but the firgt three and the fifth were recorded in Northampton ; perhaps these were b. in Hartford. Joseph, m. Rachel Spencer of Hartford, but had no children. His wife sur- vived him. Sarah (Merrill) raised a family of children in Hartford. John Clark, jr., who m. Elizabeth, was brother to Experience wife of Daniel Nash. Both of Miriam's husbands were of Hartford. Eliakim left two children that survived him in E. W. DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS NASH. FOURTH GENERATION. YOUNGER BRANCHES. IN THE Lms OF UEUT. TIMOTHT NASH OF HABLBT, HA8S. HATFIELD BRANCH. (31— ni.) Thomas Nash, eldest son of Lieut. Timothy Nash, of Hadley, Mass. that lived to adult age, bom in Hartford, Ct. about 1661, m. Aug. 1685, Hannah Oolemany dau. of Dea. John Coleman oi Hat- field, Mass. b. 14 Feb. 1667. Their first child was bom in Hadlej, but they removed and settled in Hatfield about 1668, and all their other children were b. there. His house and home-lot were on the hill, so called, next west of the Hubbards. His will was made in 1723, and presented at the probate office in Feb. 1728. He gave his property almost wholly to his two sons John and Thomas, leaving legacies only to his daughters. The sons had each a house on, or adjoining, the old homestead. It is to be regretted that materials for a notice of his life are so scanty. But very little is now known concerning him. Children. 66 1 John, bom 28 Oct. 1686, settled in Hatfield. 57 n Hannah, " 2 Sept. 1689, m. JoKn Arms. * 58 m Thomas, '< 26 Feb. 1692^, settled in Hatfield. 59 IV Rebkoca, " 20 April, 1699, m. WUHam Anns. 60 V Sarah, *• 9 July, 1704, d. unm. Mr. Thohias Nash, sen. d. 19 Jan. 1727-8. Mrs. Hannah Nash, d. 4 July, 1722. HADLEY BRANCH. (34— VI.) Lieut. John Nash, son of Lieut. Timothy Nash of Hadlej, Mass. b. 21 Aug. 1667, spent his life in his native town of Hadlej. He was a blacksmith, and, like his father, a tolerablj extensive land- 36 FOURTH GENERATION. holder, as will appear bj his inventory or distribution to his children. He m. (1) 29 March, 1689, Hannah Porter, who d. 26 May, 1689, (less than two months after m.) He m- (2} 27 Nov. 1631, Miza- beth Kellogff, b. 9 Oct 1673, dau. of Joseph Kellogg of Farmington, Ct. and Hadlej, Mass. Her mother was Abigail Terry, dau. of Ste- phen Terry of Windsor, Ct. John Nash was much employed in town business — was Represen- tative to the General Court of Mass. for the Town of Hadley, in 1707, 1716, 1719, 1720, 1724, 1728 and 1731. He d. 7 Oct. 1743. His Will was made April, 1740, and presented in Dec 1743. The estate divided to' his seven sons and one daughter, 96£ each, and something residuary, and left his widow well provided for. His widow Elizabeth, after his decease, lived with her daughter Mrs. Merrill, or her son Moses, both of whom resided in West Hart- ford, Ct. In the old burying ground in that place, stands a monu- ment of red freestone, by the side of two similar stones erected to the memory of Dea! Merrill's Parents, with this Inscription. " In memory of Elizabeth Nash, wife of Lieut. John Nash of Hadley, who died July ye 4, 1750, in the 77 year of her age." Children, a I BnwMA, bom 27 Feb. 1698, d. 1 Nor. 1708. ea n Jomr, " 2 Jolj, I694, settled in Amherst, Mass. 9& m Mo0», << 2 July, 1696, settled in West Hartfofd, Gt. 6ft IV BuxABiTH, << 15Dec 1698, d. 81 Dec. 1698. 65 V TnfOTHT, " 13 Not. 1699, settled in Ellington, Ct. 66 YI Abioail, << 10 April, 1702, m. Dea. Altntham MerriU. 67 Tn BTKPmr, << 20 Sep. 1704, settled in Stockbridge, Mass. 68yini>AHiXL, <' 8 Dec. 1706, settled in South Hadley, Mass. 69 IX Samitkl, " 29 Jan. 1709, settled in Goshen, Gt. 70 X Phiniab, '' 18 Jan. 1718, d. 24 Mazch, 1718. Tl XI Bhos, " 21 April, 1714, settled in Hadley. (36— vm.) Hope Nash, dau. of Lieut. Timothy Nash of Hadley, Mass. b. 26 Nov. 1670, was m. 24 Jan. 1 69 J to isaac Warner or Werner, (the name is spelled both ways,) son of Isaac Warner of Hadley, and Sarah Boltwood his wife, b. 13 Jan. 1669-70. The children of this family were all b. in Hadley, but the family removed to Northfield, Mass. where, it is understood, some of the posterity still reside. Mr. Isaac Warner d. in Northfield, 8 Sep. 1754. Mrs. Hope Warner d. Chiidren. 72 I Isaac, bom 12 Nov. 1094, d. 18 Feb. 1711-2. 78 n Daniel, " 10 Oct. 1697, d. 7 April, 1698. 74 m Sarah, » 13 April, 1099. 75 IT Eebekah,'' * 6 8ep. 1701. GREAT BARRINOTON BRANCH. 37 76T iBRMMl, Urth 1 Dee. 170S, d. nam. ft* Northflald, 13 N«t. 1773. 77 VI Ruth, « 14 Feb. 1706. 78 Vn XbenflMr," 26 Jen. 17W. TOYniRatli, " 15 July, ma The family were residing in NorthAeld as early as 1730, perhaps earlier. Ebenezer the fourth son m. and d. at Northfield, 19 Oct. 170S, leaving four chil- dren. SUFFIELD BRANCH. (37— IX,) Ebenezeb Nash, son of .Lieut. Timothj Nash of Hadley, Mass. b. 25 Oct 1673y m. last of July, 1701, Mary Scotty the young woman who was named in the agreement of Timothy Nash's heirs, as having been brought up in the family, and forgotten in the wilL He settled in Suffield, Ct. Mr. Ebenezer Nash d. in Suffield, in 1748, suffocated by abo^ein his throat. Mrs. Mary Nash d. in Suffield, 19 Oct. 1747. ChUdrtn, 80 I JoiTATBAH, bom 80 May, 1702, d. 7 Not. 1704. 81 n Makt, " 29 Oct. 1704, m. John Hovey of Mansfield, Ct 88 m MauAX, << 27 Jan. 1710, m. Jtfowt Scott of FaUstown. HEAD OF THE GREAT BARRINOTON BRANCH. (38— X.) Daniel Nash, son of Lieut. Timothy Nash, of Hadley, Mass. birth not recorded, but which, according to the age ascribed to him on his grave-stone, must have been in 1676 ; m. 1 June, 1710, Experience Clark, of Northampton, Mass.* He was a blacksmith, and had a house and shop on a lot situated at the comer of Bridge and Market streets, on which the Episcopal Church in Northampton, and the house next south-west of it, now stand. It was twelve rods in front on Market street. In 1626, he sold out in Northampton, and his name next appears * Relating to the Ancestry of Mrs. Experienct Nath, Mr. Judd has furnished the following note. " 'William Clark and his wife Sarah, came over and settled at Dorchester, between 1636 and 1639. He removed to Northampton about 1660, and died 18 July, 1690, aged 81. He was one of our principal men and held many offices. His son John married Rebecca Cooper, 12 July, 1677. She died in 1678 leaving one child, and John Clark married (2) Mary Strong, a daughter of Elder John Strong, 20 March, 1679, and had by her 11 children, one of whom was Experience, bom 30 Oct. 16S9, who married Daniel Nash, 1 June, 1710." 38 FOURTH GENERATION. in the records of Hadley^ South Precinct, (now South Hadiey.) Whether he went directly from Northampton to South Hadiey, is not known. The grandchildren of his youngest son, Phineas, think they heard their grandfather say, he was born in Deer^eld, Mass. The birth of Phineas was probably about 1726 or 7, and it is possible the Father may have lived a short time in Deerfield. Biit he could not have remained there long. Another Daniel Nash', son of his brother John Nash of Hadiey, usually called Ensign Daniel Nash, settled in the South Precinct about 1730, and for a few years there were two of the name there, both Blacksmiths, and designated as senior and junior. The name of the elder disappears from the records of South Had- iey about 1738, and is next mentioned in Upper Housatonick (now Gr|at Barrington, Mass.) in 1739, where he appears to have passed the remainder of his life. He is first noticed in the (C) Church rec- ords of Great Barrington on his admission, 26 April, 1746, as Dea- con Daniel Nash. But he was never a Deacon of that Church and probably brought the title from some other place. All that is known of him subsequently, is from the following in- scription on an old ^ay stone, in the old grave-yard at Great Bar- rington, — " Here lies the body of Daniel Nash, who died March 10 A. D. 1760, aged 84. O Eternity! Eternity! It is not known when or where his wife died. Children, 83 I Stlvanus, bom 11 Jan. 1712, d. without issue. 84 n Zekuiah, " 2 Not. 1713, m. (1) John Becds, (2) Si^on Wmard. 86 m DAmxL, " 13 Sep. 1716, settled in Gieenfield, Mass. 86 IV EzPESiXNOK, " 26 Dec. 1716, d. in 1726. 87 V JoBXPH, " 28 April, 1718, d. without issue, 88 VI Onxsimus, '^ not recorded, d. witliout issue. 89 Vn Jonathan, " 3 Bee. 1721, settled in Great Barrington. 90 VIIIBebeooa, " not recorded, m. Asahel King, of Great Barrington. 91 IX JosUH, " " " d. without issue. 92 X Phinxas, " " " settled at Wyoming, Pa. Of the above births, those having dates were recorded in Northampton. The list has been filled out from the Mss. of the Rev. Daniel Nash, of Otsego Co. N. Y. who being a grandson, doubtless knew their names, and who places them in the above order, and says of Sylvanus, Joseph, Onesimus and Josiah, that they died without issue. Onesimus was a member of the (0) Church in Deer- field, Mass. 3 April, 1741, and of the (C) Church in Great Barrington, 30 Sep. 1744. The following notice taken from the Weekly Jotjrmal, a Boston Newspaper, dated 9 July, 1733, shews that one of them was drowned: — " A few days ago a son of Mr. Daniel Nash of New Hadiey, was drowned in Connecticut river, where he had gone to wash himself." GRANBY BRANCH. 39 The descendants of this family in the male line will hereafter be divided into thretf branches, viz. The descendants of Daniel, who settled in Greenfield, Mass. thence called the Greenfield Branch ; those of Jonathan called the Great Barrington Branch ; and those of Phinehas, who settled at Wyoming, Pa. thence called the Wyoming Branch. HEAD OF THE GRANBY BRANCH, v (39— XL) Ephraim Nash, youngest son of Lieut. Timothy Nash of Hadley, Mass. b. about 1682, m. 10 Jan. 1705, Joanna Smith, daxL, of Dea. John Smith of Hadley, b. 1686. They settled in that part of Hadley that is now called Moody's Comer, in the town of Granby, about two miles from South Hadley Meeting House. His house is said to have stood a little south-east of the present residence of Mr. Erastus Nash, one of his descend- ants. * His vocation is not precisely known. There is ah Old account book yet extant which shews that he mad^ pumps, but it is probable that, his chief attention was turned to agriculture. Some of the descendants have a tradition that he lived with his son Elisha the latter part of his life, but in an old account book of Dr. Crouch of Hadley, yet extant, there is a charge against Eleazer Nash, for a visit to his Father as late as 1756 ; and Ephraim Nash died in 1759. His residence with Elisha must therefore have been short if at all. Of the death of his wife Joanna, there is no record. The following is the inscription on his grave-stone, which stands in the burying ground near South Hadley Meeting-house. « Li Memory of Ensign Ephraim Nash, who died Nov' 9th 1759, in the 78 year of his age." Children. bom 26 Jan. 1707, settied in Shutesbuy, Bfaas. " 16 Jan. 1710, d. 16 Feb. 1710. << 23 Feb. 1712, settled finaliyin Brattleboiough, Tt. ' " 4 July, 1715, d. in four days. " 28 Aug. me, d. 20 Oct. 1716. « 19 Jan. ins, settied in Granby. " 10 Feb. 1720, settled in Granby. <' « 8 Oct. 1729, setUed in Granby. End of births of the Fousth Genxration. 981 TnCOTHT, 94n Ephkadc, 96 m Aaron, 96 IV Joanna, 97 V Joanna. 98 VX Mahtin, 99 vn 100 VmEusHA, DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS NASH. FIFTH GENERATION. ELDER OR FAIRFIELD BRANCH IN THE LINE OP SERJEANT JOSEPH NASH OF HABTFOSD, OT. (45^n. Capt. Thomas Nash, the first of the name in Fairfield, Ct. son of John Nash of Branford, Ct. and grandson of Serjeant Joseph Nash of Hartford, b. 28 Jan. 1679-80, settled early in life at a place then called Maximus' farms, afterward Green's farms Fairfield, Ct. It is about four miles from Fairfield Village, and is now within the town of Westport, about one and a half miles east of the village. The precise time of his settlement there is not known. The follow- ing extract from the Fairfield Record of town acts, page 116 under the date of 18 Nov. 1701, is believed to be the earliest mention of his name there. "The Town grants unto Tho' Nash y' Smith, an acre and half of land to be laid out between Clapboard Hill & j* County Road, near ye Run called ye hot-hole Run, which grant is on condition y* he live & die in y* possession of it, carrying on y* trade of a Smith att Maximus farms. Also y* three acres of land, formerly granted to sd Maximus for y' use of a Smith, be released & set as clear to y* Town as before granted, & y* Town appoints Rob: Rumsie Sc Jo: Augustus to lay out sd land according to grant." There can be no doubt of his identity, as the son of John Nash, for the Records of Branford shew that Elizabeth Nash, Relict of John Nash of Branford, having in 1702, as Executrix of the said John Nash, made a distribution of her husband's lands to the surviving children of the said John Nash, viz. " to our sorf Thomas Nash,* and our daughter Elizabeth Foote/' the said Thomas Nash sicknowledged * Joseph had d. in Fairfield early in this year, see p. 33. ELDER OR FAIRFIELD BRANCH. 41 the same as follows : " Branford Oct. 12, 1712. Then appeared Thomas Nash of Fairfield, and gave his consent to the above distri- bution, before me as witness, Nathaniel Harrison." (/T^e^Z/K/} ^pfH His wife's Christian name was Sarah, but no record of the marriage having been found, her family name is not known. It appears that for several years there was no organized religious Society in that part of the town, for, on the 15 March, 1709-10, " Tho* Nash gave a lot of four rods square at Maximus' Farms for a house tb meet in for the worship of Almighty God forever." But the house seems not to have been built immediately, for Thos. Nash was admitted to the (C) Church of the old Society at Fairfield Cen* ter,'4 Jan. 171 J, and had three children baptized, the same day, and another in Sep. 1715. Subsequently to this last date, he is no more mentioned in the old (C) Church Record, whence it is inferred that the new Society was organized, or at least came into operation, about this time. All that is known of the early history of that So- ciety is what could be gathered from the scattered papers of the Rev. Daniel Chapman their first minister, who is said to have kept no book of records. Thomas Nash was the first Deacon of that Church, and probably continued in the office through life. The same "office was held by his son and grandson of the same name after him. He made a will in 1737, which is still extant, but the death of his daughter, Mrs. Burr, induced him to make another which was dated 16 June, 1741, and was the one recorded in the Probate Records, as his last Will and Testament. The inventory of his property shews an amount of 10,9 53£, 8«, 9rf. This, considering his beginning in 1701, with a grant from the Town, of an acre and a half whereon to set his Blacksmith shop, was a large estate. It is probable it may have been in what is termed de- preciated currency, but the quantity of land shows that it must have been really a large estate.* He was Captain gf militia, and evidently a highly respectable and influential man in civil affiurs. * Seethe Inventory, Index, Note I. 5 42 FIFTH GENERATION. Capt. Thomas Nash d. 8 June, 1748, in his 69th year. Mrs. Sarah Nash d. 20 Feb. 1760. Ckildren. 101 I Jo8XPR| bap. 4 Jan. 1712-13, bom probably in 1706, d. young. lOa n TB0MA8, born 8 Aug. 1708, settled at Green's Vtenu. 108 m Sabah, " 20 BCarch,1712, m. John GHffin. 104 lY Jonathan, '* 17 Oct. 1714, settled at Green's Farms. 106 Y Bloabkih, " 8 March, 1717, m. John Bun. Of the above children, Joseph is no more mentioned after his bap. and ac- cording to tradition d. young. (46— ni.) Elizabeth Nash, dau. of John Nash of Branford, Ct. b. 15 April, 1681, was m. 1702 to Stephen Foote of Branford, son of Robert Foote, b. 14 Dec. 1672. Children. 106 I Sarah, bom 4 Oct. 1706, m. (1) Joseph Htxrrison^ (2) Domiel Bakhnn. 107 n ISUxabeth, " 10 Nor. 1709, m. John Blaekstone of Branford. 106 nt Lydia, " 1 Sep. 1712, d. hi early life. 109 lY Blary, '^ 27 Sep. 1715, m. Orchard Guy of Branford. HOY Rebecoa, " 20 Oct. 1723, m. &s«nti«/ AfoJt&w, jr. of Branfinr*. Mrs. Elizabeth Foote d. 15 Jan. 1739. According to our rule in respect to Females the line of Serjeant Joseph Nash was here reduced again to a single heady viz. Thomas Nash I. of Fairfield, the only male descendant of the name Nash. And as hii descendants remained undispersed in and about Fairfield, for more than 100 years, they here begin to be called The Elder or Fairfield Branch. DESCENDANTS OP THOMAS NASH. FIFTH GENERATION, YOUNGER BRANCHED IN THB LINB OF LIEUT. TDfOTHT NASH OF HADLEY, MASS. HATFIELD BRANCH. (56—1. John Nash, sod of Thomas Nash of Hatfield, Mass. b. 28 Oct. 1686, m. 29 Dec. 1715, AUlme Field, dau. of John Field of Hat- field, b. 6 May, 1689. He resided in Hatfield, on or near the old homestead. Very little is known respecting him. His will was made in 1754, and proved 1764. Mr. John Nash d. 7 April, 1764, in his 78 year. Mrs. Abilene Nash d. 15 [18?] July, 1764, in her 75 year. Children. 111 I ' Hahhah, born 16 Sep, 1716, m. Ebenezer Belding of Ashfield. 112 n Noah, " 26 Much, 1719, settled in Hatfield. 118 in Hart, " not recorded, d. 11 Not. 1726. 114 IV Martha, " "* " m. Pkinehas Warner. 116 V Abigail, " " « m. Dea. H. Belding, Amherat. His will mentions a grandson Natiian Carpenter, son of a dau. deceased, IVom which it would appear tliat there was another dau. But this is all that i:« known of her. (57— n.) Hannah Nash, dau. of Thomas Nash of Hatfield, Mass. b. 2 Sep. 1689, was m. 27 Oct 1712, to John Arms, son of William and Joanna Arms, b, 25 Dec. 1679. They settled in Deerfield, Mass. where some of their descendants still reside. Children. 116 I Hannah, bom 21 Sep. 1713, m. John HmsdaU of Deerfield. 117 n Mercy, " 16 July, 1718, m. John Sheldon "• [he d. hi 1770. 118 UI John, " ao April, 1722, m. Susannah^ Willard. He settied hi Deerfield, when Mr. John Anns, the father of the altove children, d. 20 hfep. 1753. 44 FIFTH GENERATION. (58— in.) Thomas Nash, jr. son of Thomas Nash of Hatfield, Mass. b. 26 Feb. 169§, m. 8 June, 1727, Martha Smith, dau. of Joseph Smith and his wife Canada (Wait.) Her mother, Canada Wait, was b- while her grandmother, the wife of Benjamin Wait, was a captive in Canada. Hence her name. Thomas Nash, jr. lived most of his life on or near the old homestead in Hatfield, but near the close, he re- moved with his sons to Williamsburgh, Mass. The people of Hat- field and along the river had long had that place in view, but, previ- ous to the capture of Quebec in 1759, the Indians were so trouble- some that none ventured to settle there. The farmers in Hatfield used to go with their teams, early in the morning and return at night. But after the fall of Quebec, the In- dians mostly departed, and in 1771 the town was incorporated. From A HiSTOBiCAL Sketch of the first (C) Church in Williamsburgh, Mass. prefixed to a Discoubse delivered at Williamsburgh, by the Rev. William Lusk, 4 Jan. 1836, we learn that Thomas Nash was one of the thirty members, who constituted the nucleus of that Church 3 July, 1771. The inscription on the oldest monument in the bury- ing-ground at Williamsburgh, is as follows : « Mr. Thomas Nash died 12 March, 1773, in y* 81 year of his age." Children, U9 I StJBMPr, bom 18 May, 1728, d. 11 June, 1728. 120 n Rbbecoa, t' 26 Feb. 1780, d. luun. 121 m SuBittT, « 13 Feb. 1732, d. unm. 122 IV Elibha, '' 2 Aug. 1784, d. 25 Dec. 1788. 128 V John, '^ 20 Oct. 1786, settled in WilliamsbuTgh. 124 VI Moses, " 29 Sep. 1789, d. nnm. 125 Vn Martha, " 21 Feb. . 17^, d. nnm. 126 VinBuBHA, " 1 Oct. 1744, settled in WiUiamsburgh. (59— IV. Rebecca Nash, dau. of Thomas Nash of Hatfield, Mass. b. 20 April, 1699, was m. 1720 to William Arms,jr, son of William and Joanna Arms, b. 26 Oct. 1692, They settled in Deerfield, Mass. Mr. William Arms, jr. d. 27 Sep. 1774. Mrs. Rebecca Arms d. 12 May, 1768. She perished by fire in her own house, which was burnt that day. Children, 127 I Rebecca, bom 21 May, 1722, m. (1) David Childs, (2) Nathaniel Phelps. 128 n William, " 24 June, 1724, m. Elizabeth Belding. He d. 10 May, 1794? 129 III ElUah, " 1 April, K27, m. ExperUnee Hawks. Had three children. 180 IV Thomas, " 22 Jan. 1729, m. Lydia Alvord. Had seven children. HEAD OF THE AlfHBRST BRANCH. 45 lai V Fhinelutti, bom 4 Oct. 1731, kUled. by Indians in Oharkmont,llJime, 1764. ia2 YI Oa^d, ) S " 28 Jan. 17d4rn6, m. Sarah Bodman. 188 yn Jonathan, ) ^ " " " " m. (1) Rebecca Hinsdahy (2) Eunice Lyman. 184 VniEUakim, " 13 May, 112^ , m. Esther Bridgman. Had six childran. Two or three of the descendants of David Arms, were Clergymen. Jonatht^ had six children by his first m. The (2) m. to Eunice Lyman was 6 Dec. 1774. She was a grand-daughter of the Rev. Josiah Dwight. By her he had six children also. Mr. Jonathan Arms lived to the age of 84 years. Mrs. Eunice Arms lived to the age of 94. Eliakim d. 10 April, 1810. HEAD OF THE AMHERST BRANCH. (62— n.) Dba. John Nash, jr. son of Lieut. John Nash of Hadley, Mass. b. 8 July, 1694, m. Nov. 1716, Hannah Ingram, They removed to the 3d Precinct* of Hadley, (now Amherst,) perhaps, before the birth of their last child, as that is not recorded. The precise time is not known, but he was an original member of the (C) Church in that place, 7 Nov. 1739. And Hannah Nash, (probably his wife,) be- came a member, 1 Jan. 1739-40. John Nash was Deacon of that Church and was evidently one among the first at its organization. He was, like his father, a Blacksmith. The date of his death is not known, but it must have been previous to 1778, for in that year bis son David, then living at South Hadley, deeded his right in the home- stead of his father, deceased, in Amherst to his brothers Jonathan and John. He is properly the head of the Amherst Branch, and his posterity are now quite numerous. Childrtn, 135 I Jonathan, bom 28 July, 1717, settled in Amherst. 136 n Dayid, << 6 June, 1719, settled in South Hadley. 187 HE Hannah, " 26 June, 1728, no more heard of. 138 IV John, << not lecoided, settled in 'Amheist. Nothing further is known respecting Hannah. There were no Genealogical records kept in Amherst for many years, and whether she m. or d. unm. can- not now be ascertained. * " A Precinct, was a Parish and had a separate organization in religious matters. A District had all the powers of a Town except that of sending a Representative to the General Court. Amherst became a Precinct 31 Dec. 1734. A District in 1759. It w first called Amherst."— £r. J^kdd, 5* 46 FIFTif 6B{fERATION. HEAD OF THE WEgT HARTFORD BRANCH. (63— in.) Moses Nash, second son of Lieut. John Nash of Hadlej, Mass. b. 2 July, 1696, followed also his father's vocation. He m. (1) lie- hecca GraveSy dau. of John Graves of Hatfield, Mass. b. 1700. The marriage was not recorded, but Mr. Graves in his will mentions his daughter Rebecca"^ Nash. He resided a few years in Deerfield, where his two eldest children were bom. But in 1726 he removed to West Hartford, Ct. and settled near his brother-in-law, Dea. Abraham Merrill, jr. in connection with whom he made several purchases of land. They must at one time, have been somewhat extensive land- holders, though he continued to follow his trade. He was Clerk of the (C) Society in West Hartford, from 1736 to 1749, thirteen years, and wrote an elegant hand, as the records manifest. Two of his children d. in West Hartford, and his wife Rebecca d. there 6 Oct. 1743. He m. (2) 30 Oct. 1744, Mrs. Mary KeUogg of Hadley, Her maiden name was Cook, b. in 1700. She was the (2} wife of Ste- phen Kellogg of Hadley, who d. in 1738. By him she had two chil- dren. One d. young, the other, Abigail, m. Ashbel Wells of West Hartford, and was distinguished for piety and intelligence. It is un- derstood that her life was published as a Sunday School Book. Mr. Mioses Nash and wife were admitted to full communion in the (C) Church in West Hartford, 2 June, 1745. In 1753 he sold out in West Hartford and removed to Wintonbury, a Parish formed on the comers of the three Towns, Windsor, Farm- ington and Simsbury, since incorporated as the town of Bloomfield, Ct He resided within the bounds of Windsor. The following entry in the old record of the (C) Church at Wintonbury, under the head of members received by removal, renders it probable that it was towards the end of 1753, perhaps not until 1754, that he changed his residence. " May 5th, 1754, Mr. Moses Nash and wife from West Hartford." Mr. Moses Nash d. at Wintonbury, 26 Jan. 1760. Mrs. Mary Nash d. in West Hartford, 21 Sep. 1775, of Camp dis- temper. She probably lived with her dau. Mrs. Wells after her husband's death, as Ashbel Wells was appointed administrator on her a&irs 21 Sep. 1776. HEAD OF THE ELLINGTON BRANCH. 47 139 I RroxooA, 140 n M08KS, 141 in John, 142 lY Sarah, 148 y Abigail, 144 YI JosiPH, 145 YII Sarah, Children by (1) wife Rebecca, bom 8 Jan. 1722-3, m. (1) Alexander Porter^ (2) Stephen Chubb. '' 25 Blarch, 1725, d. in West Hartford, Jan. 1786-7. '( 1 Dec. 1728, settled at Wintohbiuy. •' 20 July, 1771, d. in West Hartford, Jan. 1786-7. " 12 Dec. 1783, m. Elisha SHUman. " 80 Dec. 1785, settled in Wintonborj. " 26 April, 1788, m. JoAn ifcforaft. HEAD OF THE ELLINGTON BRANCH. 10/M5 ^OFWISC* (65— V.) Timothy Nash, third son of Lieut John Nash of Hadley, Mass. b. 13 Nov. 1699, followed the trade of his father. He m. 1 March, 1722, Prudence Smith of Hadley, b. 15 March, 1701. She was sis- ter to Joanna the wife of his tJncle Ephraim Nash of Granby, Mass. and also to Elizabeth Smith who afterward m. his younger brother Stephen. They were daughters of Deacon John Smith of Hadley, grand-daughters of Elder and Lieut. Philip Smith of Hadley, of whom Mr. Goodwin has given a particular account in the History of the Foote Family, — and great-grand-daughters of Lieut. Samuel Smith of Wethersfield and Hadley, who came from England. The day after his m. Timothy Nash removed to Long-Meadow, Mass. where all his children were bom. Besides carrying on his trade as a blacksmith, he kept a store, a part or all the time of his residence in Long-Meadow. He was also an acting magistrate, and was a pious and highly respected and influential man. The precise time of his removal from Long-Meadow is not known, but there is a deed recorded, running from Jacob Reddington to Timothy Nash, of twelve acres of land at 140£, dated 5 Jan. 1747-8 whence it is inferred that he removed about that time. The place to which he removed was that part of Windsor, Ct. called the Parish of Ellington. It was set off with East "Windsor in 1768, and in 1786 was again set off from East Windsor as the Town of Elling- ton. Hence this family is denominated the Ellington Branch. His residence was on the east street, north-east from Ellington Meet- ing-house, a little way below what is now known as the Dr. Steele place, on the lower or west side of the road, not far from where Icha- bod Mudge subsequently had a Blacksmith's shop on the east side of the 'way. He seems to have been as highly respected for his uprightness and business capacity in his last, as in his former residence. He was a ^° FIFTH GENERATION. Deacon in the (C) Church in Ellington, and at Hartford in the Pro- bate Record his name is entered as Timothy Nash Esquire. The following is a fac-simile of his autograph. ujnruifmij His will was made 13 March, 1756. He d. 16 March, 1756. His widow afterward m. (2) Deacon Ichabod Hinckley, andd. in Somers, Ct. 18 April, 1774, ^73. Children, 146 I BuzABHH, bom 81 Dec. 1722, m. Capt. BHzur HoUister. 147 n Phomas, " 17 Oct. 1724; setfled in KlUngton. 148 in PauDBNOB, « 31 Dec. 1726, m. Isaac Hubbardy jr. . 149 IV JuDAH, " 81 Dec. 1728, Battled in Montague, Mass. 160 y Joel, " 19 June, 1731, settled in Ludlow, Mass. * 151 VI Abiqail, " 1 Oct. 1733, d. 23 April, 1738. ^ 152 Vn Timothy, " 20 March, 1736, d. 9 Jan. 1737. 153 Vm Timothy, 2d, bap. '4 Dec. 1737, d. unm. in Havannah. 154 IX Abioail, 2d, " ^ 18 May, 1740, m. Alvord, see note to No. (173-in.) 156 X Ebenbzbb, bom 20 Jan. 1744, 0. S. settled in Ellington. Timothy, 2d, is said to have gone with the British army to Havannah," and d. there. The time and place of Abigail, 2d's, d. is not known. (66-VI.) ■ . Abigail Nash, the only dau. of Lieut. John Nash of Hadlej, Mass. that lived to adult age, b. 10 April, 1702, was m. 1 Dec 1725, to Abraham Merrill, jr, son of Dea. Abraham Merrill of West Hart- ford, b. 1702. Dea. Abraham Merrill, jr. d. 1783, in his 83d year. Mrs. Abigail Merrill d. of Palsy, 3 April, 1782, M 82. Childr0y all b. in West Hartford. 156 I Mkabeth, bom 11 Dec. 1727. 167 n Abigail, " 3 Aug. 1729. 158 in Prudence, « 7 Not. 1788, m. Deming of West Hartford. 159 rv Abraham, " 12 Nov. 1737, settled in Amherst, Mass. d. 29 May, 1821. 160 V Bleaaer, " m. Woodruffe, settled in West Hartford. Abraham m. (I) Joanrta Brace of West Hartford, who d. 7 Aug. 1818. He in. (2) 17 Dec. lbl.tf, Widow Hultiah Rowe of Amherst, who *d. 11 Aug. 1822. He lived in Amherst the last twenty years of his life, and left 7 children. HEAD OF THE STOCKBRIDGE BRANCH. (67— VII.) Stephen Nash, fourth son of Lieut. John Nash of Hadley, Mass. HEAD OP THE SOUTH HADLBT BRANCH. 49 b. 20 Sep. 1704, seems to have established himself as a Blacksmith in Westfield, Mass. before his m. as his intention of m. with Mtza- heth Smith was there published, according to the law of Mass. 3 April, 1728. They were m. in Hadley, 22 May, 1728. She was, as already stated, sister to Joanna the wife of his Uncle Ephraim^ and of Prudence the wife of his Brother Timothy, and was b. in 1705. They resided in Westfield until 1751 or 2. AU their chil- dren were b. there. Mrs. Nash became a member of the (C) Church in Westfield, in 1729, and Stephen Nash himself in 1741. Toward the close of 1751, or early in 1752, they removed from Westfield, and settled in Stockbridge, Mass. They were dismissed from the (C) Church in Westfield to that of Stockbridge, 14 June, 1752. It is understood that a principal motive for the removal was that they might enjoy the ministry of the Kev. Jonathan Edwards, D. D. author of the great work on the Will, who was installed Pastor in Stockbridge, 8 April, 1751. They lived on the farm now owned by Daniel F. Goodrich. The character of both Stephen Nash apd his wife as given by the Rev. Dr. Field, is that of " pious, excel- lent people." Mr. Stephen Nash d. in 1764. Mrs. Elizabeth Nash d. in 1790. Children, 161 I Bathsheba, bom 80 July, 1729, m. Oershom Martindate of Lenox. 162 n Joanna, " 28 Jan. 1780, m. Jokn Owen of Sheffield. 163 m EuzABXTH, " 10 July, 1733, m. Gershom Kellogg of X^SMmont, no iMue. 164 IV Phbbb, " 18 July, 1735, m. Eltjah Brown, Esq. 166 V Dkbibs, " 19 July, 1737, became fnfwne, d. unm. 166 VI Stxphxn, " 22 Nor. 1798, settled in Stockbridge. 167 Vn MoBBS, " 7 Sep. 1741, settled in Stockbridge. 168 Vin BxPMUKNCB, 1 J " 3 Not. 1744, m. Oringh Stoddard. 168 IX MxBOT, ) e « «< *< " m. Edward MarHndaU of Lenox. 170 X Bboda, " 16 Not. 1746, m. Reuben Sheldon. HEAD OF THE SOUTH HADLEY BRANCH. (68— Vlil.) Danibl Nash, fifth son of Lieut. John Nash of Hadley, Mass. called Ensign Daniel Nash, b. 8 Dec. 1706, m. Abigail . No record of the marriage has been found, and her family name is not known. He settled as a blacksmith at South Hadley, about the time it became a Precinct* As before stated, he had an Uncle Daniel Nash then living at South Hadley, and for a few years, there were two of the • South Hadley became a Precinct in 1732, a District in 1753. 50 FIFTH GENERATION. same name and occupation in that pku^e. The Uncle removed to Great Barrington in 1738. The nephew resided there until after the Revolution. But little is known of his history. It is understood, however, that be was an influential man. Papers are still extant with his name as District Clerk, and from his title, he must have had something to do with military affairs. His shop is said to have stood where the large comer house now stands, a little south of the meeting-house. About the time of the Revolution, perhaps later, he removed with, or soon after,* his son Benjamin, to Shelbume, Mass. where he d. 24 Aug. 1791, in his 84th year. His widow d. at the bouse of her dau. Mrs. Abbott in Conway, Mass. 6 Sep. 1803, aged 93. Children, bom 7 July, 1731, m. Samuel Kellogg of Wostfield. " 1 Maxch, 1733-1, settled in Rowe, Mass. « 17 Feb. 178a-40, m. Azanah Alvord. <' 22 March, 1741-2, settled in Gieat Barrington. " 8 Oct. 1744, m. Enoch Chapin of S. Hadley. " 24 June, 1747, m. Joshua Abbott. " 8 July, 1750, settled in Shelburne, Mass. « 16 Sep. 1752, d. unm. All m. and had families, except Elihu. He lived with Benjamin in Shelburne until Benjamin's death in 1 797. After that he went with a family by the name of Eaton, first into the State of N. Y. thence to Waitsfield, Vt. where he d. of fever, 19 April, 1813. He is spoken of as a man of great muscular powers, — a ring-leader of the Athletse of S. Hadley. 1711 Makah, 172 n Joseph, 178 m Abiqail, 174 IV Danixl, 176 V EUNICK, 176 VI AZXJBAH, 177 vn Benjamin, 178 \in Elihu, HEAD OF THE GOSHEN BRANCH. (69— IX.) Samuel Nash, Esq. sixth son of Lieut. John Nash of Hadley, Mass. b. 29 Jan. 1709, m. (1) 24 Jan. 1734, Margaret Merrill, dau. of Dea. Abraham Merrill of West Hartford, b. 6 June, 1709. He Battled as a blacksmith[first at Farmington, Ct. where the births of his four eldest children are recorded. But he eventually settled in Groshen, Ct. where he spent the remainder of his days, and d. at an advanced age. The following data and remarks were furnished by Dea. Lewis Norton of Goshen. " At the time of his first purchase here, 1 Aug. 1745, he was of " His name first appears on the tax list of Shelburne in 1 780. Benjamin vrns there in 1777. HEAD OF THE GOSHEN BRANCH. 51 Farmington. On the 31 Aug. 1747, be was then of F armington,-*- bought 50 acres of John Smith with a mansion house and bam thereon, on the East street. The prbbability is, he came there to live about that time. 23 Aug. 1750, he purchased of Samuel Thom^ son many tracts of land, and, among others, that on which he so long afterwards lived, on the west side of Middle street, — ^and on Uie north side of east and west road about sixty rods south of the meet- ing-house. His name first appears on our records of town-meeting, 11 Julj, 1748, on a committee with reference to Mr. Heaton, our first mini»- ter. On the 10th of Oct. 1748 — ^appointed with Dea. Thomson to prefer a prayer to the Greneral Assembly. On the 31st of Dec. 1750, he was first appointed Town Clerk, and ako Town Treasurer. The office of Town Clerk, he held until tbe appointment of Adino Hale, Esq. Dec. 5, 1791, a period of forty-one years without intermission. In this time he was called to fill many other offices. He was long a Justice of the Peace, (from 1764 to 1790, a period of twenty-six years.) He attended the Legislature as representative twenty-five sessions, from Oct 1757, to May, 1775. It is supposed he was a professor of religion before he came to this town. He was chosen Deacon in this Church in 1761. In this office he was long associated with my honored grandfather, Dea. Ebenezer Norton, who were both in the habit of taking notes of ser- mons on the little table before them in the Deaccm's seat. Respecting the moral and religious character of Dea. Nash, we have reason to suppose it was wholly unimpeached. He was a man c^vidently confided in, and he had mtich to do with town affairs, min- gled as they were with those more properly termed ecclesiastical. His hand-writing was tolerably fair — ^and there is very much of it left behind him. The following is a fac-simile of his autograph. CXCA To some extent he was witty, if this could be predicated of his many pleasantries of social life. His influence was certainly very considerable in the Town." Concerning the death of '' Dea. Nash, or as he was more com- monly called Esq. Nash," about which there has been some uncer- tainty, Dea. Norton, after diligent enquiry of various elderly people^ learns that, '' he had lefl his own old house, — ^and gone to live with 62 FIFTH GENERATION. one of his sons — William or Josiah, and died there. These two brothers lived near together, some ninety rods north of our meeting- house — William on the east, and Josiah on the west side of the road." , One old person ** remembers the two families living north of the meeting-house, of the name of Nash — and that there was in the family on the east side, an old manJ* On the whole Dea. Norton concludes, " I think it may be consid- ered certain that he died at the house of his son William in Goshen, and was probably interred in the old grave-yard, — I presume his es- tate was settled by conveyance to his children before his death ; and should not think it strange that nothing appears on the Probate Records." There is no record of the death of his first wife, the mother of all his children, but it is known that he m. (2) a widow Dickinson, great-grandmother to Senator Dickinson of New York. And it is the opinion of old people that she also died before him. But there is no record of either her marriage or death. ♦ Children, v. 179 I HULDAH, bora 2 Jan. 1786, m. Eliska Blin. 180 n Jebubha, " 6 pet. 1736, m. Joel Phelps. 181 m Samuil, " 25 July, 1738, d. 25 Sep. 1760, at Oswegatohte, N. Y. 182 IV Josiah, " 6 March, 1741, d. 9 June, 1745. 188 V William, <^ Feb. 1743, settled in New Haren, Vt. 184 VI jIlBBAHAM, " Dec. 1744, d. 24 June, 1748. 185 Vn Josiah, 2d, ". 2 July, 1746, settled at Qermantoim, N. Y. 186 Vin Infant, " Oct. 1748, d. 187 IX jlLBBAHAM,2d, ^< 8 June, 1751, d. about 6 days old. 188 X ABftAHAM,8d," 25 June, 1753, d. 18 JAn. 1754. 189 XI Mabtin, . " 2 Jan. 1756, d. 3 Nov. 1776. Samttel, who d. at Oswegatchie, probably belonged to the provincial troops, who, under Lord Amherst, descended the St. Lawrence from Lake Ontario to attack Mt. Real, which the Army reached on the 6 Sep. 1760, and the city capitulated on the 8 Sep. Oswegatchie lies on the river, and it is conjectured that Samuel Nash had been lefl there sick. Martin was taken prisoner by the British on Long Island, and d. in prison ill the City of New York. . HADLEY BRANCH. (71-XL) Dea. Ends Nash, seventh son and youngest child of Lieut. John Nash of Hadley, Mass. b. 21 April, 1714, inherited and settled on"" his father's homestead in Hadley, and carried on the same business of blacksmithing. He m. 18 Feb. 1735-6, Joanna Bamardy^^was a SUFPIBLD BBANOfl. 58 magistrate and an influential many— often employed in town afiairs, Deacon of the (C) Church in Hadlej, and generallj respected for piety and uprightness. An anecdote is related of him which strikingly exhibits the high respect then paid to official station, and the ready sufomissioa to proper authority. Walking one day, as he usually did, wiHi his itaf of office, as Magistrate or Constable, whatever it might be, he met a company of boys, with a tar-barrel, going to Mt. Holyoke. ^< Boys," said he, ^' where are you going?" "' To Mt. Holyoke, Sir, to celebrate tilie vic^ tory we have just heard of." ^ And is that the way to do it ?^ he replied ; ^ No, back to yonder building," (pointing to the meeting- bouse,") and there shew your thankfulness." With that he turned them all back, to listen to, if not to join in, a prayer with thanksgiv- ' ing for the victory. Deacon £nos Nash d. 28 Aug. ]|jr68, in his 55th year. Mrs. Joanna Nash d. 10 March, 1788, in her 73 year. Children, ^ 190 I Joanna, bom 1 Jm. 1787, d. in 1740. • 191 n Eno8, " d. young. 192 111 RsBieoA, " m. Nehemiah Ottilordyit. 198 IV Ehos, ad, " 12 Feb. 1747, settled in Hadley. 194 V JoeiAH, " 27 Aog. 1749, settled in Hftdley. Many of the descendants of the three last, still reside in Hadley or its vicinity. SUFFIEM) BRANCH. # (81—11.) Maby Nash, dau. of Ebenezer Nash of Suffield, Ct. and Mary Scott his wife, h. 29 Oct. 1704, was m. 18 Nov. 1730, to John Hovey of Mansfield, Ct. - ^ Mrs. Mary Hovey d. in Mansfield, 3 Oct. 1746. Children. 195 I John, bora 8 Aug. 1732, d. 2 Jan. 1788. 196 n Lois, *< 18 July, 1786, no record of her m. or d. 197 m John,^ " 18 May, 1740, d. 8 Feb. 1762. (82— in.) Miriam Nash, dau. of Ebenezer Nash of Suffield, Ct. and Mary Scott his wife, b. 27 Jan. 1710, was m. 24 Aug. 1742, to Moses Scott of Fallstown, Mass. 6 54 FI-FTH GENERATION. ChUdnn. 198 1 KbeiiMer, boytf 1743, settled at Bamardstown, M«w. 199 n * " d. in Quebec, 10 Feb. 1747. Mrs. Miriam Scott d. in Quebec, 11 Dec. 1746. In 1773, Ebenezer Scott of Barnardstown, Mass. itppUed to the General As- senably of Ct. for aid to recover some estate in SuffieW, Ct. He stated in his petition that*Ebenezer Nash of Suffield had no son, but two. daughters, one. of whom married a Hovey of Mansfield, Ct. and the other married Moses Scott of Hoosac, Mass. In 1746, Scott and his family were taken by the French and Indians, and carried to Quebec, where Mrs. Scott d.* Ebenezer Nash had a house and homestead of forty acres in Suffield, which he sold to Capt. Samuel Kent in 1743, and. Kent gave his notes. Nash went to Mansfiel4 and lived for a time, but returned and lived In a house of Kent's with his wife, Kent partially supporting them until they both d. in 1747-8, he by a bone sticking in his throat. On his death-bed, at Kent's request, he gave up Kent's notes to him, Kent making a statement of their affairs on his book, and promising the balance to NAsh's grand-child, Ebenezer Scott, when he came of age. A Committee of the General Assembly was appointed, and the petition was referred to them. They reported May, 1774, that Kent's executor should pay Scott, 35J&, 10s. 4d. and costs. Kent died in 1772. Scott says he was twenty- one years old in 1764, but K^nt had not paid him. Kent's executor had to pay besides, 13j&, 18f. 61^. costs. CHILDREN OF DANIEL NASH. (84— IL) Zeruiah Nash, dau. of Daniel Nash of Northampton and Great Barrington, Mass. b. 2 Nov. 1713, is not heard of after her birth nS- til the date of her (1) m. which was to John BeaU of Sheffield, Mass. 26 March, 1739. She is in that record called Zeruiah Nash of Housatonick, (then a part of Sheffield, now Great Barrington.) No record has been found of Mr. Beals' death nor of the b. of anj chil- dren, but the record states that Simon WiUard and the widow Zeru- iah Beals were m. 28 Nov. 1744. * Moses Scott and some others had their families in Fort Massachusetts in the present town of Adams, Mass. and cultivated land without the Fort. From the Journal of Nehemiah Howe, who was himself a prisoner, we learn " that > Moses Scott's family consisted of a wife and two children, the eldest, Ebenezer being about three years old — that they were taken 20 Aug. 1746, and arrived in Quebec, 15 Sep. and that Mrs. Scott died 11 Dec. following— and the child not named d. 10 Feb. 1747. That Moses Scott and the surviving child returned.** GREENFIELD BRANCH. ' S5 Children. 900 I BnbertoB, bom 9 Jan. 1746. 201 n Simon, « 24 Feb. 1746-7. 20Sni Lewis, *< & Aag. 1749. 208 IV Buftw, « 29 May, 1761. 204 V Anna Mary, " 6 Dec. 1766, d. 29 Sep. 1767. The subsequent history of these children has not been traced, but it is under- stood that some of the descendants of Dubertus, the eldest, were settled at Bur- lington, y t. at one time. HEAD OF THE GREENFIELD BRANCH. . (85— III.; Baniel Nash, jr. son of Daniel Nash of Northampton and Great Barrington, Mass. b, 13 Sep. 1715, settled early in that part of Deer- field, Mass. that is now Greenfield. The precise time of his s^tle- ment there is not known, but it was probably about the time of his m. as his brother Onesimus is mentioned in the Deerfield (C) Church records about that time. At the organization of Greenfield as a separate town, 3 Julj, 1753, Ebenezer Smead, Samuel Hinsdell and Daniel Nash were chosen Selectmen, and Assessors. Daniel Nash was also one of a committee to supply the town with preaching that year.* He is again mentioned as one of the Selectmen in 1758, and probably held that office many years. In Sep. 1774, he was elected as Bepresentative to the Provincial Congress of the Massachusetts Bay to be holden at Concord in Oct. of that year. According to the journal published by order of the Legislature in 1838, that Congress, on account of British interfer- ence, convened at Scdem on Friday, 7 Oct. 1774, and Daniel Nash was in attendance. During that period he appears to have been active in the cause of the Colonies, and was one of the Committer of Safety, , The following, from Willard's Hist. p. 64, will give some idea both of his physical and political character, and, as the writer says, ^' o£ the almost unlimited power of those Committees of Safety. A smoke had been occasionally seen rising from the thick woods on the east side of Fall River — the Committee was notified, (Nash, Childs« Hastings and A. Denio,) who forthwith proceeded to the spot and found a man by the name of Harrington, in a sort of cave or shel- • Willard's Hist, of Greenfield, p. 37. 56 FIFTH OBNSBATtOlf. tered place, and all the tools neoessarj for counterfeiting. Thej took him directly to Northampton. Judge Hawley told them that the man could not he imprisoned in the jail, as it was then full of tones, and could hold no more. He directed them to take him hack to the pine woods, a distance of a mile or so, and administer as many lashes as they thought hest, and let him go. They accordingly repaired to the spot and executed the sentence as directed. Hastings and the others, except Nash, gave light hlows. Nash put on heavily, broke skin and brought blood at every stroke. They then bathed his wounds with spirits, which they brought for the purpose, and gave him some to driiik. They made him promise never to be seen in this part of the country again and let him go." Mr. Nash is said to have been a man of athletic frame, inclining to corpulency, which in his latter days became s6 exeesssive that he could not tie his own shoe. His first location is supposed to have been not £Etf firom the eentare of the present village of Greenfield, but his final and permanent resi- dence was at the South Meadow$. The house is yet standing, a lit* tie south of Edmund Q. Nash's house, on the west side of the way, about three-quarters of a mile from Nash's Mills. His smith-shop i^ood on the opposite side, where cinders may yet be seen. He was twice m. (1) in 1741 to Alrigail SteNnnMy who d. 26 Nov. 1749. (2) in 1750 to Martha Wells. Mr. Daniel Nash d. 1 July, 1790. Children 6y (1) wift AhigaU. . 306 1 BAHin., bon 4 Nor. 1742, Mttled in Onmnfidd. 306 n BxPiRDQioi, ^' 29 June, 1746, m. Mathew Seaverance. 207 in Stivaitos, « 18 Feb. 1747, settled in Gx«enfleld. .208 IV Abioao^ *( 22 June, 1748, m. Jonathan Hoyt, By (2) wift Martha, ' 209 V ORXsncvg « 27 Deo. 1761, d. 28 Feb. 1763. 210 VI 0irx8iHUg,2d, " 10 Feb. 1768, d. unm. 6 Jfoi. 1776. 211 Vn TuBKL, '' 81 Oct. 1764, aettled at Canton, St. Lawrence Co. N. Y. 212 VmSiMKOV, <' 16 May, 1766, settled at Stockholm, N. Y. 218 DC JoBKPH, <( 6 Jan. 1768, d. 27 Sep. 1762. 214 X ZnrAS, " 1 June, 1760, d. 20 Sep. 1762. 216X1 QuAM¥B, « 16 Aug. 1761, d. 8 Oct. 1762. 216 Xn JosKPH, 2d, « 28 May, 1768, remored to Pembroke, N. Y. 217 XniMABXHA, '' 29 0et. 1764, d. S Not. 1764. Onesimus the 2d, came to his end by slipping as he was entering his father's door with a heavy stick of firewood on his shoulder, by which fall he was so injured as to cause his death. By the three deaths occurring so near together in 1762 it would appear that some epidemic was raging. Perhaps, Canker Ra$h, as that seeras to have been the most frequent scourge of those days. GREAT BARRINOTON BRANCH. -57 GREAT HARRINGTON BRANCH. (89— VII.) JoNATHAK Nash, Esq. son of Daniel Nash of Northampton and Great Barrington, Mass. b. 3 Dec. 1721 ; probably went with his father from South Hadlej to Upper Housatonick, (then a part of Sheffield, Mass, now, Great Barrington,) as is supposed, in 1738 or 9. He was then but eighteen years old. His name occurs in a tax list of Sheffield in 1743, but the first mention of it in the Sheffield rec- ords was in 1746. He was chosen Constable in 1750, one of the Selectmen and Assessor in 1756-7 and 8, and to various other offi- ces, at different times. The last mention of him was 11 March, 1761, when he was chosen Town Warden. ' During that year, Upper Housatonick was set off and incorporated as a separate town, by the name of Great Barrington. In the new town he was a man highly respected ; was frequently employed in town affairs, as moderator of town-meetings. Selectman, Assessor, Warden, Overseer of the Work- house, &c. ; and was many years an acting Magistrate of the County. His house is yet standing in Great Barrington one and one half miles north-east of the present village, on the east side of the Housaton- ick river, a little north of the bend in the road half a mile east of the old Burying Ground. He too was a blacksmith, and his shop stood a rod or two north of the house, of which the earth and cin- ders in the garden give evidence. He m. 19 July, 1744, Anna Maria Spoor, of Taghconick, N. Y. b. Aug. 1717. Jonathan Nash, Esq. d. at Great Barrington, 4 Nov. 1793. Mrs. Anna Maria Nash d. at « " 2 April, 1799. Children. bom 15 April, 1746, d. 26 Oct. 1772. " 28 Not. 1746, m. lehabod Hopkins^ Dec. 1772. " 1 Jan. 1748, d. at BurrviUe, Jef. Co. N. Y. " 3 March, 1749, d. in Great Barrington. " 26 June, 1761, settled at Cape Vincent, N. Y. " 1 June, 1754, d. unm. 19 Feb. 1777. « 4 Not. 1756, d. unm. 11 Not. 1779. « 18 April, 1760, m. Dan. Ckappell. " 28 May, 1763, settled in Otsego Co. N. Y. The above is the family record. The Town Record of Sheffield, has the b. of Sarah the eldest, 15 March, instead of April. Mary (Hopkins) left no chil- dren. She d. 21 Sep. 1774. John m. Dec. 1781, Magdalena Esteltyne, and d. childless at Cape Vincent, Jef. Co. N. Y. 9 May, 1835. 6* 218 1 Sarah, 219 n Mart, 220 in JOSIAH, 221IV JOHATHAir, 222 V John, 223 VI Phimkuab, 224 vn JOAWNA, 225 VllIEzPSRiENOS, 226 IX Dahdb., X 58 >IFTH OENERATIOlf. (90— vin.) Rebecca Nash, dau. of Daniel Nash of Northampton and Great Barrington, Mass. birth not recorded, appears to have remained a while, after her father's removal from South Hadley, among her mother's relatives, the Clarks of Northampton, as her name is in the list of members of the (C) Church there for 1741 to 1743. But she was m. at GrdW Barrington, in 1744, to Asahel King, who d. 1756, JE 86. The date of her death has not been ascertained. Children. 227 1 Ohloe, bom 8 Oct. 1744. 228 n Kmla, " 4 Deo. 1745. 229 m JoMph, " 16 April, 1746. 280 IV LttciuB, " 16 April, 1749. 281 V EUaabeth, *< 7 Sep. 1751. 282 VI Asahel, '* 25 Sep. 1754. 288VUB4mben, " 15 Aug. 1756. Nothing further is known respecting Mrs. King excepting an entry on the (C) Church record of G. B. dated 19 Oct. 1774, •* That widow Rebecca King made complaint of the Church for admitting members without ascertaining their piety. HEAD OF THE WYOMING BRANCH. (92— X.) Fhinehas Nash, youngest son of Daniel Nash of Northampton and Great Barrington, Mass. birth not recorded, but supposed to be about 1726, had an eventful life. He appears, from tradition in the family, to have spent some por- tion of his youthful days in the neighbourhood of Greenfield, Mass. He was received in the (C) Church in Deerfield, 26 Feb. 1749, and to that of Sunderland, 29 May, 1749. It is supposed that he taught school in those places. But he prob- ably followed his father to Housatonic soon afterward. His marriage was recorded in Sheffield in 1755, and he was taxed in Great Bar- rington, in 1762. According to the recollections of his dau. Lowly, (Mrs. Foster,) he removed to Plymouth in the Valley of "Wyoming, Pa. five or six years before the great massacre, 3 July, 1778, where he was residing at the time of that occurrence. His son Asahel was in the fight. His grand-children recollect hearing him speak of be- ing often in Indian skirmishes in the neighbourhood of Deerfield, Mass. but this was the most fearful of all. The first settlers at Wyoming, claimed under the state of Connec- GRANBY BRANCH. 59 ticut. Others came and claimed under Pennsylvania, The result was a kind of civil war, and several were killed on both sides. Mrs. Foster recollects going to see four dead bodies, near her father's house at one time. She says her father was then a prominent man, and was often reported to for advice. After th^ massacre he returned and spent a few years in Mass. or Ct. but he must have returned again to Wyoming, as his wife died there. In his 83d year he left Wyoming, and rode on horseback 400 miles to Shelbum, Vt. where his son Asahel then resided. On the way he spent a few days with his nephew, the Rev. Daniel Nash, in Otsego Co. N. Y. and while there Dr. Wm. C. Nash, one of the family, recollects hearing him say he had been unfortunate in his land speculations, (probably in consequence of the conflicting claims alluded to,) having paid for his place at Wyoming two or three times, and lost it at last for want of a valid title. After about three years spent in Vt. he rode, again on horseback^ to Greenfield, Saratoga Co. N. Y. where he lived with his dau. Mrs. Hoskins until his death in the winter of 1823-4, supposed to be about 98 or 99 years of age. He m. 15 May, 1755*, Mary Hamlin of Sheffield, Mass. Children. 284 I Oaius, bom 26 Jan. 1756, d. young. Killed by an accidental blow of an az«. 286 n Bktskt, " 29 Aug. 1757, m. Joel Hoskins. 236 in AsAHKL, << 80 Dec. 1758, settled in Sbelbum, Vt. 237 IV LowLT, " 12 Dec. 1760, m. Edward Foster. 288 V iHrAMT, " d. 289 VI Thankful, " 16 Jan. 1764, m. James ScoviU. 240 Vn AsPASiA, " 14 June, 1766, m. Zacheus Candy ^ no issue. t41VniMAKT, <« 12 May, \l^,m. Ira ManmUe. 242 IX Sallt, '< 20 Aug. 1770, m. Uriah Howe. GRANBY BRANQH. (93—1.) Timothy Nash, eldest son of Ephraim Nash of Granby, Mass. and grandson of Lieut. Timothy Nash of Hadley, b. 26 Jan. 1707, m. 15 Oct. 1736, Experience Kellogg, He resided in Granby, until about 1750, in that part called the. Crank, and is styled an Innkeeper. He removed to Shutesbury, Mass. about 1760, and in 1767, sold out there. The two sons are next heard of at Upper Cowass, Lunen- burgh, Albany Co. N. Y. (now Lunenburgh, Vt. New York then claimed all Vt.) He is no more heard of from the time he left Shutesbury. When and where he and his wife died is not known. 60 FIFTH GENERATION. Children. 1737, m. Jacob Hastings of Waxwiok, Haas. 1789, fettled In Lunenbnrgh, Tt. 1740, settled at Lunenlmigh, Y t. 1743, m. George Wheeler in 1764. 247 y BIakt Crouch, ** 20 May, 1747, m. James Lyman of Northfield, Mau. 243 I Joanna, born 29 Deo. 244 n Samijkl, « 29 Jan. 246 ni TiMOTHT, « 16 Oct. 246 IV ExpiWMfCB, « 14 Dec. (95— III.) Aaron Nash, son of Ephraim Nash of Granby, Mass. b. 23 Feb. 1712, by occupation a joiner and house carpenter, m. 2 Dec. 1736, Damaris Watte of 'Northampton. His house was the first south of the present residence of Mr. John B. Nash in Granby, where a two story house now stands. He appears to have been an active, enter- prizing man,' frequently a prominent actor in town affairs. He was one of the Selectmen of the town of Granby, 7 March, 1770, and together with his brother Lieut. Eleazer Nash, Town Surveyor, laid out a road for the town. The last time he is mentioned in the Gran- by records is in the record of a town meeting, 10 Jan. 1774, of which Aaron Nash was moderator. He must have removed to Brat- tleborough, Vt. soon afterward, as his first deed of purchase there (of John Houghton) is dated 4th of May, 1774. There is no record of his or his wife's death. Children. bom 19 Not. 1737, m. Rev. Titus Smith. 22 March, 1739, m. William Williams. 24 March, 1741, settled in EUisburg, N. Y. 27 Dec. 1744, m. John Ellis. 10 Not. 1760, settled in Brattleborough. 20 Aug. 1762, settled in Ellisburg, N. Y. 20 July, 1766, d. unm. in Brattleborough. 248 I Damaris, 249 n Phkbk, 260 in Aabon, 261 IV Sarah, 262 V Mosns, 263 VI Outer, 264 VHEbknkzxb, (98— VI.) # Martin Nash, son of Ephraim Nash of Granby, Mass. b. 19 Jan. 1718, m. 20 Oct. 1743, Mizaheth Waite of Northampton, Mass. He d. six years afterward, viz. 9 Oct, 1749, in Granby, His grave- stone (broken) is in S. Hadley burying-ground. His widow and children removed to Brattleborough, Vt. where Mre. Elizabeth Nash d. 6 May, 1799, M 86. Children. 266 I Euzabxth, bom 30 Sept. 1744, m. Elisha Moody. 268 n Chlob, " 26 Feb. \l\%m' Capt. Daniel Warriner. 267 in Miriam, " 26 Not. 1747, d. 28 May, 1748. 268 IV Martw, '< 9 April, 1749, went west. Martin left Brattleborough, about the beginning of this century, and went, as was supposed, to the Blaok River region. He never wrote back. His relatives heard a vague rumour that he m. and had a family, but later accounts render ORAHBT BRAKCH. 61 it probable that he died a bachelor, and left hU property to the friends with whom he resided. « (99— VII.) Lieut. Eleazeb Nash, son of Ephraim Nash of Gronbj, Mass^ b. 10 Feb. 1720, m. 9 Nov. 1749, Phehe Kellogg, dau. of Nathaniel Kellogg of Hadlej, who was a grandson of Joseph Kellogg. He settled on or near his father's homestead and seems to have had the chief care of his father, in his declining years — ^the Doctor's (Crouch) visits to the father were charged to him as late as 1756. He was a surveyor, bore the title oC Lieutenant, and appears to have been a man of considerable influence. The following extracts serve to throw light on the state of politi* cal feeling of that day, as well as on the history and character of Eleazer Nash. They are taken from the record of a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Granby, Mass. held on Wednesday 15 Feb. 1775. ^^ 2^ Voted to move the meeting to the house of James Smith, (theg were then at the meeting-house,) ^"^ Voted that the Resolves and proceedings of the Continental Congress be read in the meeting. 7^'' Voted to call Capt. Eastman, Lieut. Eleazer Nash and Ensign Experience Smith to account for their conduct in holding their Com- piissions in the manner and form as they do at this day, and also con- cerning some other things relative thereto, which may be alleged against them ' 9^" Voted that it is just matter of uneasiness to this town that Capt. Eastman, Lieut. Nash and Ensign Smith still hold their commissions which they received under Governor Hutchinson,, and which have jsince been established to them by General Gage„ who is now endea- vouring to enforce the late acts of Farlian^ent on the Fix>vince of the Massachusetts Bay. 10 Voted that the Town will give Capt. Eastman, Lieut. Nash and Ensign Smith, opportunity to consider the objections that have been made, in the meeting against their conduct in holding their com- missions, and some other objections relative thereto which have been made in this meeting against them, and to make return to the to^n on the e^** day of March next. March 6^^ 3 o'clock, F. M. 16''' Then Voted that it is the desire of this town that Capt. East- man, Lieut. Nash and Ensign Smith, resign their commissions to the Town, which vote was taken by yeas and nays, — ^which desire of the town was not complied with by the abovesaid Officers, 63 FI.FTE GENERATION. Then it was proposed to the above said Officers whether they were willing to offer satisfaction as to the objections that have been made against their conduct ? They then proceeded and made the follow- #ing declarations, viz. Lieut Nash declared that it was his design and intention to attend strictly to the advice, directions and resolves of the Continental ConV gress, and also that he esteemed the late acts of the British Parlia- ment as unconstitutional, and that they were subversive of the natur- al rights, liberties and privileges of the inhabitants of the American Colonies. And further, that he has no desire, intention or design, to act from any authority by virtue of his commission. And fur- ther, that he never would. After the above declaration was ended, Capt. Eastman stood up and declared' that he thought it not worth while for him to repeat all that Lieut. Nash had said. Yet notwithstanding he explained his meaning thus. That he never would exercise any authority of his commission until such time as the controversy subsisting between Great Britain and the Colonies was settled. After which. Ensign Smith declared that he acquiesced in the above declaration made by Lieut. Nash. But some understood him that he acquiesced in the declaration as explained by Capt. Eastman. After which the vote was put, to be declared by yeas and nays, whether what they said was satisfactory to the town ? And for Capt. Eastman, there were- 15 yeas and 18 nays. For Lieut. Nash, 17 yeas and 18 nays. For Ensign Smith, 15 yeas and 18 nays. Voted to dissolve the meeting." It is not easy, to perceive, at this distance of time, why the dec- laration of Lieut. Nash was not satisfactory. We find no mention of either of the Nashes afterward in the Granby records. Lideed, Aaron had removed to Brattleborough, Vt. and this probably was the last public meeting Lieut. Eleazer ever attended. He took cold and died of a species of inflammation of the lungs, 19 May, 1775, only< a little more than two months after this meeting. * > Administration was grai^ted 4 March, 1777, to his widow Phebe and son Eleazer. There is no record of her death. Children, 269 I LuOT, born 18 Sep. 1760, m. (1) Azariah Aivordy (2) John StUkney, 260 n JoANiTA, <' 1762, d. unm. 16 May, 1816, in her 6i year. 261 in Ephsadc, " Biaroh, 1764, settled in Brattleborough, Vt. 282 IV SUAXSB, " Aug. 1766, settled in Granby. 268 V NAiHAirm, « 1767, d. unm. 8 July, 1834, SL 77. 264 VI Phibi, *< 14 Jan. 1768, m. Jonah Smith. ORANBY BRANCH. 63 Of the above children, Lucy was twice xn. (1) to Gapt. Azariah Alvord, 5 March, 1789. She was his (2) wife. His (1) was AbigaiL dau. of Ensign Daniel Nash. Capt. Alvord d. and Mrs. Lucy Alvord wasm. (2) 31 Oct. 1813, to John Stickney. But never had any children. She d, 24 Dec. 1836, M 87. Joanna d. unm. as above dated, leaving her property, by will, chiefly to her l^other Nathaniel and .her niece Mary Smith, with legacies to brothers and sis- ters. Nathaniel never m. but adopted and made an heir of his nephew, John B. Nash, who now resides on his former homestead. " * ^100— vni.) Elisha Nash, youngest son of Ephraim Nash of Granby, Mass. b. 8 Oct. 1729, m. Lois Frost and lived at first near the old home- stead, where it is said he had a large estate. But he lost it and was, in the latter part of his life, reduced in circumstances. His posterity are now more numerous than any other family of this branch, unless it may be, that of Aaron. He seems to have spent his last days in South Hadley, where he died. Mr. Elisha Nash d. March, 1814, JE, 84. Mrs. Lois Nash d. Nov. 1820, JEl 83. Children, 1760, settled at Belpre and Dotec, 0. 1762, d. unm. 28 March, 1796. 1765, d. trnm. probably. • 1766, settled at WiUiainflbiiTgh, Mass. 1768, settled at North East, Erie Co. Pa. 1 March, 1770, settled near Sandj HiU, N. T. 1772, m. Joel White. 1776, settled hi South Hadley, 1 Here end the births of the Fifth Generation. 9651 Samvil, bom IFeb. 266n Rkbsooa, (( 7 Nor. a67in LOB, iC 15 Jan. 288 IV Eluha, u 11 Sep. 269 V Justin, (( 26 April, 270 VI Abonuah, (( 1 March 271 vn Doboas, (t 18 Feb. 272 VniSncBOW, (( 8 Sep. DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS NASH. SIXTH GENERATION. EI4DER OR FAIRFIELD BRANCH. IN THS LOm OF SSRJBANT JOSEPH NASH Of HABTfORD, CT. (102— n.) Capt. Thomas Nash, IL of the name, son of Capt Thomas Nash, I. of Fairfield, Ct. b. 3 Aug. 1708, m. 28 Sep. 1731, Rebecca HuU of Fairfield. At the date of his father's will he was residing at Port Ryal, (or Royal,) a point some mile or more from 6reei\e's Farms. But he probably removed, and subsequently occupied the homestead of his father. His whole life appears to have been spent in the neighbourhood oi his native place, and the records do not much abound with incidents. He was deacon of the (C) Church at Greene's Farms in the place of his father; held the same office of Captain, and seems in most re- spects to have filled his father's place in the public estimation. Having inherited an ample estate, he had not, like his father, to be the founder of a fortune, but he appears to have kept well what he inherited, and was a highly respectable and influential man. [See Appendix I.] Capt. Thomas Nash II. d. 2 Aug. 1769. Mrs. Rebecca Nash d. 22 April, 1791. ♦ Children. 278 I RxBiooA, bom 18 Not. 1782, m. Simon Couch. 274 n EusABRH, << 28 Aug. 1734, m. (1) Reuben BradUy, (2) John HubbelL 276 in EniricK, " 27 March, 1787, m. (1) Benjamin Davis^ (2) John Morehouse, 276 IV Ltdia, " 26 March, 1740, m. Wmiam HcnoUy. 277 V Thomas, " 21 May, 1748, eettled on the homestead. 278 VI Mart, hap. 11 Dec. 1747, d. 26 Dec. 1747. (103— m.) Sarah Nash, dau. of Capt. Thomas Nash, I. of Fairfield, Ct b. 20 March, 1712, was m. to John Griffin. They resided in the western part of Reading, Ct where her father gave, her seventy- three acres of land by his will, and her mother in her will, made in 1760, gave her all her wearing appareL ELDER OR FAIRFIELD BRANCH. 65 No record of her death has been found. Some of her descendants still reside in Redding. Children, 279 I Saiah, iMtp. 9 May, 1736, m. John Bun, jr. 22 Kot. 1756. 280 n Eunice, " 22 Oct. 1738, m. Jonathan Chueh, 14 Aug. 1769. 281 m John, m. Catharine Johnson, settled in Redding. 282 IV Josepli, m. Esther HaU, settled in Redding. 283 Y Jonathan, bap. 23 Nov. 1746, settled in Danbuiy, Ct. 284 VI Elizabeth, — ^-m. Jeremiah Sherman. 286 Vn Hepribah, ■■ m. Joseph Sanford, 2 Nov. 1762. The records of this family are very imperfect. The above has been collect- ed from the (C) Church record, and the recollections of Mr. Uriah Griffin of Redding — a grandson. ^ (104— IV.) Jonathan Nash, son of Capt. Thomas Nash, I. of Fairfield, Ct. b. 17 Oct 1714, m. 14 March, 1754, Sarah Andrews. It will be seen that he was then upward of forty years old. He must have been a man of some note, as old people in the vicinity still remember hearing him spoken of as such. But little, however, is now known of his history. Children, 286 I Sa&ah, bom 17 Jan. 1765, m. Thomas Couch. 287 n EuzABWH, bap. 3 Oct. 1756, d. 1 March, 1775, in her 19th yea*. 288 III Elkanok, born 14 Jan. 1758, m. Simon Couch. Mr. Jonathan Nash d. 9 Oct. 1757, some months previous to the birth of his youngest daughter. His widov^r Mrs. Sarah Nash, was afterward, viz. 24 Jan. 1764, m. (2) to Nathan Godfrey, by whom she had several children. Of the above children of Jonathan Nash, Elizabeth d. 1 March, 1775. She made a will which was allowed in Probate, although she was but a little over eighteen years of age. (105— V.) Elizabeth Nash, dau. of Capt. Thomas Nash, I. of Fairfield, Ct. b. 3 March, 1717, was m. 14 Oct. 1735, to John Burr, son of Daniel Burr of Fairfield. She is known to have been the dau. of Capt. Thos. Nash, because she is named in his will made in 173 J, still extant, but which was cancelled by his making another will after her death, devising to her two sons that which he had intended for her. Her name and birth also appear in an old Family Bible record be- longing to Mrs. Sherwood of Fairfield. Mrs. EUzabeth Burr d. 29 March, 1740. Children. . 289 I Daniel, bom 6 March, 1737. 190 n John, " 9 Oct. 1789, d. 9 Oct. 1749. After the death of his (I) wife Elizabeth, Mr. John Burr m. (2) 9 Nov. 1741* Grace Bulkley, and had Elizabeth, d. Talcott, John, Grace, Eunice, and Eliza-e beth. 7 DESCENDANTS OP THOMAS NASH. SIXTH GENERATION, YOUNGER BRANCHES. IN THB UNB OF LEEUT. TDfOTHT NASH OF HADLET, UASS. HATFIELD BBANCH. (in-L) Hannah Nash, dau. of John Nash of Hatfield, Mass. b. 16 Sep. 1716, was m. 30 Sep. 1736, to Ehenezer JBeldinff, and settled in Ash- field, Mass. Very little is known of this family, as no records can be found. The names of their children were furnished by Mrs. Sally A. Shaw of Flainfield, Mass. a grand-daughter. But she does not know the order of their births. Children, 291 I ISphtaim. 292 n John. 298 ni Ebeneaer. 294 lY Martha. 295 Y Mercy. 296 TI Sarah, m. ikG-. AOeny (Mrs. Shawns Parents.) 29T yn Abi]«ne or AWrlama. It is not known wbere or when Mr. and Mrs. Belding d. (112— n.) Noah Nash, only son of John Nash of Hatfield, Mass. b. 26 March, 1719, resided in Hatfield, and appears to have acquired a large estate, as on the 2 June, 1762, he purchased of the State of Mass. the township of Windsor, Mass. for the sum of 1,430£ ster- ling. Hem. (1) 1753, Hepzihah Bodman, b. 6 July, 1727, who d. 25 Dec. 1760, iE 33. He m. (2) Abigail BMing^ who d. 7 Feb. 1797, JE 75. Mr. Noah Nash d. in Hatfield, 9 March, 1795, at 10 o'cbck, A. M. in his 76 year. HATFIELD BRANCH. 67 ChUdren by {!) Wife Hepzibak, 298 I Mart, bom 14 March, 17&4, d. 18 July, 1767. 299 n BLtf AH, << 26 Aug. 1756, settled in Windsor and Hinadale, Mam. 900 m Noah, " 3 March, 1768, d. 10 Aug. 1768. dOlIY A SAUOHXXB, " 6 Dec. 1760, d. By (2) WifeAbigaU, 802 y JLbmail, '' 15 Oct 1764, m. Israel Chapin. (114— IV.) Mabtha Nash, dau. of John Nash of Hatfield, bihh not recorded, was m. 11 Feb. 1752, to Phinehas Warner^ son of Eleazer Wamer of Brookfield, Mass. b. 11 Oct. 1726, d. 26 March, 1795. They settled in New Braintree, Mass. Children, 308 I Alpheus, bom m. Merihah TiUey^ settled m New Braintree. 804 n Phinehas, << m. PoUy PoUard, 6 chUdien, settled in N. Braintree. 806 in Martha, " d. unm. about 18 years old. 806 IV Dau. " m, and removed. The above was obtained from a person who knew the family, but could give no dates. (115— V.) Abigail Nash, dau. of John Nash of Hatfield, Mass. birth not recorded, was m. to Dea. Hezekiah Bdding of Amherst, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Belding of Hatfield, b. 1728. He had been previously m. to Martha Dickin3on, who had d. and he was twice m. after the d. of his wife Abigail (Nash,) which occurred 11 July, 1764. His (3) wife was Martha Field of Sunderland, the (4) Mar- tha Smith of Hadley, m. 16 April, 1795. He had 8 children in all, viz. two sons and six daughters. Dea. Hezekiah Belding of the 2d (C) Church in Amherst, d. 22 June, 1813, M 85. Children by (2) Wife Abigail, 2ffJ I Hepdbah, bom m. BHas Graves of Sunderiand, Mass. 808 n Abigail, bap. 6 Dec. 1762, m. Eleazer JHeJeinson of Amherst, 17 Nor. 1782. 809 m John, bom 4 July, 17^ m. LyOia HmU at Belefaertown. Abigail the wife of E. Dickinson, d. 25 June. 1839. (123— V.) John Nash of Williamsburgh, Mass. son 614 IV Joel, 1 616 V Phinehas, 1 616 VI Phflo, 617 vn Martin, 618 Vm Bikanah, 619 IX Erokiel Wilcox, 620X Elfcanah Wilcox, bom bap. 8 Not. 1765. [was bap. 10 April, 176T. bom 14 Feb. 1778, (an obvioas mistake in the record, as thisohilil l8May,17Ta. 10 Sep. 1772. llJan. 1775) d. in 1779. 18 May, 1777, d. in 1779. bap. 21 May, 1779. (183— V.) William Nash, son of Samuel Nash, Esq. of Goshen, Cfc. b. in Faxmington, Ct. Feb. 1743, m. Susan Phelps^ of Simsbury, Ct. He resided in Goshen until after the death of his father, about 1799 or 1800, when he removed and settled in New Haven, Vt. Mr. William Nash d. in New Haven, Vt. 2 Aug. 1821. Mrs. Susan Nash d. « « " " 19 April, 1819,^ 68. Children, 621 I HuLDAH, , bom 6 June, 1768, m. Dennis BeU, of Weybridge, Vt. 622 n Maboaset, " 2 Aug. 1772, d. unm. in New Haren, 22 Dec. 1806. 628 m Dayid Phklps, " 6 Sep. 1774, settled in New Haven. 624 rv Sylvia, " 23 Jnly, 1776, m. James Jewett, of Middlebnry, Vt. 625 V Abigail, ** 12 Jan. 1778, d. unm. in New Haven, 19 Aug. 1808. [obiMBets. 626 VI HiLPAH, " 1780, m. (1) Rev. Cheney, (2) Dea. David Smiik, i 627 vn Susannah, " 22 Jan. 1783, m. O^A»»0ZJ«ic0», of New Haven. 628 vm WnuAM, *< 2 Aug. 1787, settled in New Haven. 629 IX Clabibsa, ) ^ " 2 Aug. 1789 or 90, m. Osmund Lamb, of Georgia, Vt. J S* t( <( t( " 580 X Nanct, There is much discrepancy of dates, as to the births of William Nash's chil- dren, between the family a.nd public records. The family record has 16 Aug. for the b. of Margaret, and 1776 for the b. of David Phelps. His own children have it in 1775. Mrs. X^m 6 gives her own b. in 1790. I have retained the ' Goshen dates. But the Goshen record gives the names of the twins as Anne and Clorinday whereas Mrs. Lamb says her name is Clari^ia, and that of ber sister, who is still living, is Nancy. (1S5— vn.) JosiAH Nash, son of Samuel Nash, Esq. of Goshen, Ct. b. 2 Julj, 1745, m. 8 March, 1770, Sarah Lucas^ dau. of Thos. Lucas, of Beech HiU, b. 27 March, 1743. He remained in Goshen until after the death of his father, and then removed to Sharp's Landing, Gemian- town, Columbia Co. N. Y. Mr. Josiah Nash d. at Gennantown, 29^ March, 1825. Mrs. Sarah Nasi d. « ; « 26 Sep. ' 1820. 9 ■;. I 6811 Saiccil, t 682n Sakah, 688 in JSRUSHA, 684 IV DfAEinr, IB5V JOBIAH, 686 TI JlRUSEA, ad, 9fi SIXTH &£JfE.RA7lON* bom 10 (11 ?) Jan. 1771, settled in Groton, TompUns Co. N. T. 12 (19 ?) April, 1772, d. nnm. in Woodstock, N. T. aboat 184S. 9 April, 1774, d. young. 12 May, 1777, settled at Diyden, }X. Y. 1 . Feb. 1779, settled at SiammerHUl,N.T. 28 Feb. l7Sl,n. X»enexer Mead,ci9»!agartiM,V.Y, 8 April, 1788, Mttled near Woodstock, Ulster Go. N. T. The Rev. N. Mead, son of Jerusha, 2d, to whom we are indebted for most of the records of this part of the Goshen Branch, says, *' In looking over the cor- respondence with my cousins, I am led to notice with gratitude the fulfillment of God's promise to those who love him and beep his commandments. My Grandfather died in the communion of the Methodist E. Church. My Grandmother «* « Dutch Reformed Church. They had 11 children, including those by marriage ; of these Two were members of the Baptist Church. Two «* *♦ Lutheran Church. Seven << ' « Methodist Church. Of the Grandchildren, Sixteen are members of the Methodist E. Church. Four " " Lutheran " Of the Great-grandchildren, Ten are members of the Methodist E. Church. And probably more, as tjiis was not xnade a subject of special enquiry. What encouragement to parents to persevere in a life of true piety and devotedness to GodP' HADLEY BRANCH. (192— m.) Bebeooa Nash, dam of Dea. Enos Nash, of Hadley, Mass. (birth not rs^corded,) was m. 4 Sep. 1766, to Nehemiah GaajUyrd^ of Hadlex- 888 I Joaana, d.«nm. 689 H Lndiida, m. Richard Odfom. 640 m Moms, m. (1) PoUff Bakery (2) Clarissa StoekwsU. 6a IV Bobecoa, m. Jbaae Baker, of Amhent, Mus. 643 y Jenuha, m. Francis StricMand, of Amberst. Mr. Nehemiah Gaylord d. Mrs. Rebecca Gaylord d. in Hadley, 15 Aug. 1794, (183— IV.) Lieut. Enos Nash, son of Dea. Enos Nash, of Hadley, Mass^ b. 12 Feb. 1747, m. (1) 27 Nor. 1771, Martha Gaylordy dau. of Samuel Gaylord, of Hadley, b. 12 July, 1747,.who d. 25 Sep. 1788. He m. (2) 28 May, 1794^ Meanar SteVUm^ of Springfield, Mass. b. 8 Sep. 1755. GREBNPIELB BRANCK. 91 Lieut Enos Nash d.in Hadlej, 80 March, 1796, in his SOth^year. Mrs. Eleanor Nash d. in Enfield, Gt. Children by (1) fVife Martha, 548 I ILkBfaA, Iwm 6 June, 1778, m. SH SmUh, 17 Nor. 1791. 644 n BN08, " lOVeb. 1775, settled in Hatfleld, Hms. 545 m GoTTOK, " 27 Sep. 1776, settled In Hftdley. 546 lY ERABT1T8, *' 1217eb. 1780, settled In Hadley. 547 y JjMMVMLy " ISNoT. 1782,d.anm.in1T.8.serrloe«*BiirU]igtoii,yt.ll])ee.l8]l. 548 TI Sakah, " 12 Aug. 1785, d. nnm. 10 July, 1824. 549yn Pkkit, '' noet. 1787, d. 8 Pee. 1787. (lOi—V.) JoaiAH Nash, son of Dea. Enos Nash, of Hadlejr, Mass. b. 27 Aug. 1749, m. 30 Jan. 1772, Eunice Knight, dau. of Simeon and S9^ rah Knight, of Ware, Mass. and Rockingham, Yt, b. 24 Julj, 1761. Josiah Nash lived in Hadlej, — ^was a Blacksmith by trade, but devo- ted the principal part of his time to agriculture. Mr. Josiah Nash d. in Hadlej, 4 March, 1814. Mrs. Eunice Nash d." « 14 Feb. 1814. Children, 560 I Sahukl, bom 18 Nor. 1772, d. of Oaaker Bash, 20 April, 1787. 561 n JoBiAH, *' 2 Maieh, 1775, d. 18 May, 1798, by the kkk of a hone. 562 in Jomr, " 29 Not. 1776, settled in Hadley. 568 IV KuJAH, " 16 Dec. 1778, settled in PlainTiUe, North Hadky' ' 664 V TiMOTHT, " 6 July, 1781, Ured in Boston, Mass. 655 VI Eunox, <* 5 Not. 1788, d. nnm. 5 April, 1812. 566 vn OuYXB, " 24 Oet. 1786, settled first in Hadlej, then in Amherst. 657 Vm Samukl, " 29 Not. 1788, d. 5 March, 1789. 568 IX Loun, " 8 Dee. 1789, d. nnm. 569 X JoAHHA, " 29 Jan. 1792, m. JBnos JDiekmson. 600 XI Saeah, " 25 March, 1794, m. Andrew Scott. [1888, befaig his (2) wHb. 661 Xn BinauT, ^* 25 June, 1797, m. Dea. Johg^ Iblbnon, of Ware, V»m. 81 Jan. GREENFIELD BRANCH. (205—1.) Daniel Nash, jr. son of Daniel Nash, of Greenfield, Mass. and in. of the name in succession, b. 4 Nov. 1742, fn. Anna Aihertan. He spent his life in Greenfield, on, or near, his father's homestead Very little is known concerning him, probably for the reason that he never changed his residence, and the family record is lost. It is un>- derstood that he and his brother Sylvanus, in company with their father, built the mills called Nash's Mills, on Mill river, — ^a small stream that faUs into Green river, about two miles north-west of the village of Greenfield. 0041 TOEOTHTi eo6n Gimmi, 006 m Gut, 007 IT TTmoTHT Wmppu, .008 V LomsA, 009 TI Sdoon, eio vn Jabbd, oil VIUBUAMOB, 012 IX ^ .SIXTH GBNSEATION. Mr. Simeon Naah cL in Stoekkolm, 20 Feb. 1818. Mrs. Eleanor Nash d. in Chili, Munroe Co. N. Y. 28 Aug. 1828. Children. bom 8 Sep. 1779, d. 8 days old. in Egtemont, lius. 8 Oct. 1780, settled at Stockholm. " Bamardfltown, " . 3 Apr. 1788, nettled in Brockville, U. C. " (foeenfleld, " 8 Nor. 1785, d. in Oraenfleld, 16 Jan. 1790. « " '« 31 March, 1788, m. Mdad TOyior. " (' ' " 9 Dec. 1790, settled at Brasher's Falls. 14 July, 1798, settled in Chili, N. T. « Wilmington, Tt. 18 Aug. 1796, m. John Manning. " " .'< 6 Jnlj, 1800, settled at Bnaher'sFaUs. Mrs. Manning d. childless, at Wbeatland, N. Y. 1849. (216— xn.) Joseph Nash, son of Daniel Nash, of Greenfield, Mass. b. 28 May, 1763, m. 10 March, 1783, Rebecca Bascom, b. 1 June, 1764. She was sister to Moses Bascom, late of the Senate of Mass. and to Rev. Ezekiel Bascom, of Savannah, Geo. He removed to Whiting- ham, Vt. and then to Duxbury, Vt thence b%ck to Greenfield, and again to Duxbury, but finally settled in Pembroke, adjoining Ba- tavia, N. Y. in 1814. His three eldest children were b, in Whiting- ham,— all the others in Duxbury, except Experience the 2d, who was b. in Greenfield. Mr. Joseph Nash d. in Batavia, N. Y. 5 Oct. 1836, of scirrhosity of the bladder. • • Mrs. Rebecca Nash d. in Sylvaniaj O. 30 July, [or Oct. ?] 1845. Children, bom 4 June, 1784, settled In Pembroke, N. Y. 6 June, 1786, settled in North Klba, Essex Co. N. T. .27 Aug. 1788, settled « «. « ." « . 16 July, 1791, d. vnm. inl8}6or 1816. ■ <*•-.. •; . 27 Feb. 1796, settled in. Towpsend, Huron 00.0.! 10 Sep. 1798, d. young.. . 27 ApsU, 1800, ,d. jqung. 12 June, 1802, settled in BataTia, N. Y. 26 Dec. 1806,m.JbAnlforr. ^ 1VhrA«,d. in Watartown, 18 Avg. 1884. 641 YI JonattiaaN. <* Maj, 1796, m. £lNaTON BRANCH. 99; time togetber.* All this w«s witnessed hj the othery who came to see bisA and helped him to cany hi§ little articles of crockery, holding one handle of the basket and Mr. N* the other, and as they walked the road, talked of the things pertaimng to the kingdom of God. The writer cannot rrfrain from tears in bringing to mind the cir- cumstances attending this interesting scene. That man, who was alierwards most emphatically called Father Nash, being the fponder of the church in Qteego county, wa3 at this period so little regarded by the church at lai^e, and even by his neighbours, that he had not the means to move his substance from one calnn to another, but with his own hands, assisted only by his wife and small children, and a passing missionary. Well does the writer remember how thQ little (me-roomed cabin looked as he entered it ; its rude door, hung on wooden hinges, creaking as they turned ; how joyful that good man was that he had been mindful to fetch a few nails, which he had used in the other cabin, just left, for his comfort in this, now the re- ceptacle of all his substance. These, he drove into the logs with great judgment, choosing the place most appropriate for his haty his coat, and other garments of himself and family. All this while his * It may not be amiss to notice here the general belief, in Otsego county, that Father Nash was in truth the missionary who, under the name of Mr. €braiUf is made sp prominent a character in the Pjoifssas, a descriptive tale by the late J. Fenimore Cooper. Doubtless most of the incidentt in that tale are fictitious, but Mr. Cooper himself, in his preface, expresses an apprehension that there might be found too much of fact in his descriptions, to render the book interest- ing as a work of fiction, and remarks that <* in commencing to describe scenes, and, perhaps he m^y add, character* that were so familiar to his own youth» there was a constant temptation to delineate that which he had known, rather than that which he might have imagined.'* In connection with this remark, the following extract from another work of Mr. Cooper's leaves but little room for doubt that in the delineation of Mr. Qranf$ character, the author had Father Nash in his mind. Mr. Cooper says, in his *< Chronicles of CoQperstown :** << On the lOthjday of Sept 1800, Miss Cooper, the eldest daughter of Jndge Cooper, (and sister of the author,) a young lady in her 23d year, was killed by a fall from a horse. Her funeral sermon was preached by the Rev. Daniel Nash, of the Prot. Epis. Church, and she was interred according to the rites of that church, which were now performed for the first time in this village. Mr. Nash, since so well known in his own church for his apottolic simjflicity, under the name of Father Nash, was then a missionary in the county. From this time he began to extend his services to Cooperstown, and oil the Ist day of Jan. 1811, a «hurch was legally organized, under the titie of Chrisf s Church, Coop- erstown. On the same day, the Rev. Daniel Nash waa chosen Rector, which office, tknmgh the diHeacf of the clergyman who -succeeded him in its duties, he informally held, down to the day of his death in 1836." 100 SIXTH GENERATION. patient wife, directing the children to kindle the .fire, prepared the food for-^-whom? Shall it be said a stranger? No; but for one who by sympathy felt himself more their brother than by all the ties of nature, and who, by the example now set before him, learned a lesson of inexpressible value to him all the days of his subsequent life." — Reminiscences, Vol, 1, p, 32. On the 11 Oct. 1801, he was admitted to the priesthood by the Rt. Rev. Benjamin Moore, then Bishop of N. Y. His estimate of Mr. Nash's character may be inferred from the following extract of a let- ter written by him, the day after the ordination, to Gen. Jacob Mor- ris, of Butternuts, Otsego Co. ** Yesterday I ordained Mr, Nash a priest ; and it affords me no little satisfaction to reflect that iht first act of my Episcopal function has been employed in elevating to the priesthood so worthy a man." It is known also that he was a special favorite with the late Bishop Hobart. A particular account of his life during his protracted ministry in that region, will probably never be given. The following extract from a letter in answer to a brother clergyman, who had desired him to write an account of the churches in those parts, shews that he did- not intend his own history should be written. The extract, however, gives us an idea of his manner of life. " This evening is the first time I have collected courage enough even to give an answer to your kind letter, — ^kind, although you urge me to perform a task which I had resolved never to perform. St. Paul looked upon it as a foolish thing for him to boast of his labours and sufferings, — ^his toils and afflictions. He did it, however, for the sake of affording his frfends an opportunity to vindicate his charac- ter. I have no such reason to influence me to write the history of the church in this and the adjacent counties, — ^to do it, I must of course speak of myself, for I was the principal and only minister for many years,* — Chappy years indeed, — ^I never felt discouraged, nei- ther did I feel alone. My wife was then living, — a noble-spirited, sensible woman, who in the room of feeling discouraged, was the first to cheer me on in my arduous labours. The country was then comparatively a wilderness — often she gave me a child and then got on the horse behind me with another in her * The Rev. S. H. Battin, of Cooperstown, in a late communication, says, «.He itinerated so much,-~was such a jvtoneer, that although the /a^Aer in real- ity of every parish, and organizer, he was only rector by c